Macedon flood map & planning overlays
Macedon is home to 2,073 people and 30 heritage places, all bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Macedon
(Macedon Ranges, VIC) - 39.1 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
39.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Macedon'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 Macedon
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
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Macedon at a glance
How Macedon is zoned
Selling in Macedon? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 39.1 km², Macedon is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 30 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1). The median lot measures about 2,351 m² across 1,108 parcels.
Who lives in Macedon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Macedon 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 1092, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Macedon's 2,073 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Macedon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Macedon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Macedon itself.
3,516 in 2001 to 3,615 in 2025, up 3%.
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.
Macedon 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 Macedon 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 38% of Macedon. 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 Macedon lot.
Macedon planning - frequently asked
Is Macedon flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Macedon and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 8%).
Is Macedon bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Macedon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 99%.
Is Macedon under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 38% of Macedon, and over about 72% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Macedon?
The dominant planning zone in Macedon is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ1).
Does Macedon have heritage-listed places?
Macedon has 30 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Macedon?
Across 1,108 surveyed parcels in Macedon, the median lot size is about 2,351 m². There are also 437 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Macedon have a train station?
Yes - Macedon has 1 train station: Macedon Station. It is also served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Macedon?
At the 2021 Census Macedon had 2,073 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Macedon statistical area, which contains Macedon, went from 3,516 people in 2001 to 3,615 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Macedon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Macedon scores 1092 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Macedon?
Median household income in Macedon was $2,353 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,090 for the typical suburb in Macedon Ranges. Median rent was $371 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,213 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Macedon | 4.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| New Gisborne | 4.9 km | Not mapped | 95% |
| Woodend | 6.8 km | 14% | 98% |
| Cherokee | 7.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bullengarook | 8.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Gisborne | 9.1 km | 3% | 92% |
| Ashbourne | 9.3 km | 8% | 100% |
| Hesket | 9.7 km | 3% | 100% |
| Riddells Creek | 10.5 km | 0% | 98% |
| Kerrie | 10.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |