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Maintongoon flood map & planning overlays

Maintongoon holds 14 ha farms, total bushfire cover, median 48.

A planning-constraint profile of Maintongoon (Murrindindi, VIC) - 63.76 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Maintongoon'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 Maintongoon

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
14%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
4,000 ft
averaging 6,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.

Maintongoon at a glance

Parcels 126 Median lot 144,602 m² Mapped easements 71

How Maintongoon is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ1) 90%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 10%
Farming Zone (FZ) 0%

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

Across its 63.76 km², Maintongoon 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. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 144,602 m² across 126 parcels.

Who lives in Maintongoon

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

Population
75
usual residents, 2021
Median age
48
years
Median household income
$1,187
per week, Murrindindi suburb typical $1,375
Median mortgage
$1,675
per month
Household size
2.4
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 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 999, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Maintongoon's 75 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 8.6%
5-14 8.6%
15-19 3.7%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 9.9%
35-44 12.3%
45-54 13.6%
55-64 13.6%
65-74 12.3%
75-84 11.1%
85+ 6.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

6,263 in 2001 to 6,849 in 2025, up 9%.

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.

Maintongoon 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 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 Maintongoon address

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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.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Maintongoon lot.

Maintongoon planning - frequently asked

Is Maintongoon flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Maintongoon and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 9%).

Is Maintongoon bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Maintongoon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Murrindindi average of 100%.

Is Maintongoon under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 14% of Maintongoon 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 Maintongoon?

The dominant planning zone in Maintongoon is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).

Does Maintongoon have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Maintongoon.

What is the typical lot size in Maintongoon?

Across 126 surveyed parcels in Maintongoon, the median lot size is about 144,602 m². There are also 71 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Maintongoon?

At the 2021 Census Maintongoon had 75 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Alexandra statistical area, which contains Maintongoon, went from 6,263 people in 2001 to 6,849 in 2025, up 9%.

Is Maintongoon an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Maintongoon scores 999 and sits in decile 6 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 Maintongoon?

Median household income in Maintongoon was $1,187 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Murrindindi.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Devils River 5.6 km 7% 100%
Fawcett 6.9 km 1% 100%
Woodfield
Mansfield
7.6 km 3% 100%
Alexandra 9.2 km 13% 96%
Taylor Bay 12.4 km 19% 100%
Koriella 12.6 km 8% 100%
Kanumbra 13.0 km Not mapped 100%
Bonnie Doon
Mansfield
14.1 km 16% 93%
Cathkin 16.3 km 24% 100%
Thornton 16.4 km 32% 99%

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