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Long Gully flood map & planning overlays

Long Gully is heritage-heavy, 108 places, 4th in Greater Bendigo.

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A planning-constraint profile of Long Gully (Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 3.4 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Long Gully's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Long Gully

The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.

Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026

Under observed aircraft
11%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
6,000 ft
averaging 9,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.

How this is measured

Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.

Long Gully at a glance

Parcels 1,956 Median lot 611 m² Mapped easements 415 Bus stops 15

How Long Gully is zoned

General Residential Zone (GRZ) 54%
Public Use Zone (PUZ7) 14%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 10%
Industrial 3 Zone (IN3Z) 9%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 4%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 4%

Selling in Long Gully? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 3.4 km², Long Gully is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 63% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 108 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ). The median lot measures about 611 m² across 1,956 parcels.

Who lives in Long Gully

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Long Gully suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
3,420
usual residents, 2021
Median age
38
years
Median household income
$989
per week, Greater Bendigo suburb typical $1,543
Median rent
$250
per week, Greater Bendigo suburb typical $287
Median mortgage
$1,117
per month
Household size
2.2
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 813, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Long Gully's 3,420 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.2%
5-14 12.2%
15-19 5.2%
20-24 7.4%
25-34 14.8%
35-44 11.1%
45-54 11.1%
55-64 11.2%
65-74 11.1%
75-84 7.0%
85+ 2.6%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Bendigo, the wider ABS statistical area containing Long Gully. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Long Gully itself.

15,549 in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, down 7%.

Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.

Long Gully data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)

Profile last materially updated 25 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Long Gully planning - frequently asked

Is Long Gully flood-prone?

About 5% of Long Gully falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.

Is Long Gully bushfire-prone?

Around 63% of Long Gully is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.

Is Long Gully under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 11% of Long Gully in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,000 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.

What is the zoning in Long Gully?

The dominant planning zone in Long Gully is General Residential Zone (GRZ), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ7) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).

Does Long Gully have heritage-listed places?

Long Gully has 108 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Long Gully?

Across 1,956 surveyed parcels in Long Gully, the median lot size is about 611 m². There are also 415 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Long Gully have a train station?

There is no train station inside Long Gully itself. The suburb is served by 15 bus stops.

What is the population of Long Gully?

At the 2021 Census Long Gully had 3,420 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Bendigo statistical area, which contains Long Gully, went from 15,549 people in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, down 7%.

Is Long Gully an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Long Gully scores 813 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Long Gully?

Median household income in Long Gully was $989 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,117 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Ironbark 1.4 km Not mapped 30%
West Bendigo 1.5 km 2% 100%
California Gully 1.7 km 3% 52%
North Bendigo 2.0 km 9% 46%
Bendigo 2.3 km 22% <1%
Golden Square 3.5 km 7% 46%
Jackass Flat 3.6 km 9% 89%
Eaglehawk 4.0 km 5% 86%
Quarry Hill 4.0 km 4% 52%
White Hills 4.3 km 17% 72%

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