Maddingley flood map & planning overlays
Maddingley is Moorabool's youngest (33) on its smallest lots (570 m²).
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A planning-constraint profile of Maddingley
(Moorabool, VIC) - 25.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
25.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Maddingley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Maddingley
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
6% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 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.
Maddingley at a glance
How Maddingley is zoned
Selling in Maddingley? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 25.36 km², Maddingley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 86% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 23 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 570 m² across 3,651 parcels.
Who lives in Maddingley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Maddingley 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 992, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Maddingley's 5,491 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bacchus Marsh, the wider ABS statistical area containing Maddingley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Maddingley itself.
14,540 in 2001 to 27,182 in 2025, up 87%.
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.
Maddingley 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Maddingley 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 96% of Maddingley. 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 Maddingley lot.
Maddingley planning - frequently asked
Is Maddingley flood-prone?
About 13% of Maddingley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Maddingley bushfire-prone?
Around 86% of Maddingley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.
Is Maddingley affected by aircraft noise?
About 6% of Maddingley sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Maddingley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 96% of Maddingley, and over about 99% 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 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 56 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 Maddingley?
The dominant planning zone in Maddingley is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ1) and General Residential Zone (GRZ2).
Does Maddingley have heritage-listed places?
Maddingley has 23 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Maddingley?
Across 3,651 surveyed parcels in Maddingley, the median lot size is about 570 m². There are also 1,671 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Maddingley have a train station?
Yes - Maddingley has 1 train station: Bacchus Marsh Station. It is also served by 22 bus stops.
What is the population of Maddingley?
At the 2021 Census Maddingley had 5,491 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Bacchus Marsh statistical area, which contains Maddingley, went from 14,540 people in 2001 to 27,182 in 2025, up 87%.
Is Maddingley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Maddingley scores 992 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Maddingley?
Median household income in Maddingley was $1,923 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,798 for the typical suburb in Moorabool. Median rent was $366 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,766 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacchus Marsh | 2.8 km | 32% | 39% |
| Rowsley | 5.5 km | 10% | 100% |
| Parwan | 5.7 km | 3% | 100% |
| Merrimu | 6.4 km | 5% | 100% |
| Hopetoun Park | 6.5 km | 18% | 100% |
| Pentland Hills | 6.8 km | 3% | 100% |
| Darley | 7.2 km | 7% | 69% |
| Long Forest | 8.6 km | 5% | 100% |
| Brookfield Melton |
10.0 km | 10% | 56% |
| Melton West Melton |
10.3 km | 3% | 53% |