Lyal flood map & planning overlays
Lyal holds 18 ha lots and 53% environmental significance overlay.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lyal
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 17.56 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
17.56 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lyal'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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Lyal
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Lyal at a glance
How Lyal is zoned
Selling in Lyal? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 17.56 km², Lyal is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 183,211 m² across 73 parcels.
Who lives in Lyal
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lyal suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1009, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lyal's 96 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bendigo Surrounds - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lyal. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lyal itself.
4,976 in 2001 to 9,094 in 2025, up 83%.
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.
Lyal data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Zoning | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 24 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Lyal address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Lyal lot.
Lyal planning - frequently asked
Is Lyal flood-prone?
About 5% of Lyal falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Lyal bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Lyal is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is Lyal under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 16% of Lyal in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 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 Lyal?
The dominant planning zone in Lyal is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Lyal have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Lyal.
What is the typical lot size in Lyal?
Across 73 surveyed parcels in Lyal, the median lot size is about 183,211 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Lyal?
At the 2021 Census Lyal had 96 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Bendigo Surrounds - South statistical area, which contains Lyal, went from 4,976 people in 2001 to 9,094 in 2025, up 83%.
Is Lyal an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lyal scores 1009 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lyal?
Median household income in Lyal was $1,375 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 $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbolton | 4.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Myrtle Creek Mount Alexander |
4.7 km | 11% | 100% |
| Redesdale Mount Alexander |
8.1 km | 8% | 100% |
| Eppalock | 8.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lake Eppalock | 8.6 km | 99% | 1% |
| Axe Creek | 9.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Sutton Grange Mount Alexander |
9.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Derrinal | 10.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Emu Creek | 12.6 km | 6% | 100% |
| Sedgwick | 12.8 km | 9% | 100% |