Macks Creek flood map & planning overlays
Macks Creek keeps 4 ha Farming Zone lots at 100% bushfire.
A planning-constraint profile of Macks Creek
(Wellington, VIC) - 27.81 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 17 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
27.81 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Macks Creek'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 Macks Creek
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 17 Oct 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Macks Creek at a glance
How Macks Creek is zoned
Selling in Macks Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 27.81 km², Macks Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 39,236 m² across 100 parcels.
Who lives in Macks Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Macks Creek 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 989, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarram, the wider ABS statistical area containing Macks Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Macks Creek itself.
5,686 in 2001 to 5,587 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Macks Creek 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 17 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 Macks Creek 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 4% of Macks Creek. 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 Macks Creek lot.
Macks Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Macks Creek flood-prone?
About 4% of Macks Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Macks Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Macks Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Macks Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Macks Creek, and over about 18% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,500 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Macks Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Macks Creek is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Macks Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Macks Creek.
What is the typical lot size in Macks Creek?
Across 100 surveyed parcels in Macks Creek, the median lot size is about 39,236 m². There are also 20 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Macks Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Macks Creek scores 989 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calrossie | 4.6 km | 39% | 100% |
| Blackwarry | 6.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tarra Valley | 7.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Devon North | 7.8 km | 6% | 100% |
| Won Wron | 8.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Balook Latrobe |
9.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Callignee South | 10.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Carrajung | 10.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mount Tassie Latrobe |
11.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Madalya | 12.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |