This page covers the Mansfield suburb only. For all of Mansfield, see the Mansfield flood map by suburb →
Mansfield flood map & planning overlays
Mansfield the town: 5,541 people and 35 heritage places, both shire highs.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mansfield
(Mansfield, VIC) - 269.82 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
269.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mansfield'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 Mansfield
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 6,000 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.
Mansfield at a glance
How Mansfield is zoned
Selling in Mansfield? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 269.82 km², Mansfield is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 35 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,240 m² across 5,285 parcels.
Who lives in Mansfield
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mansfield 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 982, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mansfield's 5,541 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mansfield (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Mansfield. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mansfield itself.
6,907 in 2001 to 11,324 in 2025, up 64%.
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.
Mansfield 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 Mansfield 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 9% of Mansfield. 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 Mansfield lot.
Mansfield planning - frequently asked
Is Mansfield flood-prone?
About 9% of Mansfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Mansfield bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Mansfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mansfield average of 99%.
Is Mansfield under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 9% of Mansfield, and over about 35% 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 1,000 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 Mansfield?
The dominant planning zone in Mansfield is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ1) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Mansfield have heritage-listed places?
Mansfield has 35 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mansfield?
Across 5,285 surveyed parcels in Mansfield, the median lot size is about 1,240 m². There are also 2,246 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mansfield have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mansfield itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Mansfield?
At the 2021 Census Mansfield had 5,541 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Mansfield (Vic.) statistical area, which contains Mansfield, went from 6,907 people in 2001 to 11,324 in 2025, up 64%.
Is Mansfield an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mansfield scores 982 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mansfield?
Median household income in Mansfield was $1,356 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,408 for the typical suburb in Mansfield. Median rent was $331 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delatite | 9.4 km | 25% | 100% |
| Barwite | 10.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Goughs Bay | 11.8 km | 10% | 100% |
| Howes Creek | 13.7 km | 36% | 92% |
| Maindample | 14.3 km | 4% | 100% |
| Boorolite | 14.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Piries | 14.8 km | 14% | 100% |
| Merrijig (Mount Buller) | 15.2 km | 1% | 100% |
| Bridge Creek | 16.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Mountain Bay | 16.5 km | <1% | 100% |