Maryborough flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Maryborough tops its shire on people (8,160), heritage (76) and bus stops (84).
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Maryborough
(Central Goldfields, VIC) - 48.06 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
48.06 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Maryborough'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 Maryborough
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
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Maryborough at a glance
How Maryborough is zoned
Selling in Maryborough? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 48.06 km², Maryborough is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 94% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 76 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 780 m² across 5,948 parcels.
Who lives in Maryborough
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Maryborough 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 854, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Maryborough's 8,160 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Maryborough (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Maryborough. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Maryborough itself.
7,742 in 2001 to 8,229 in 2025, up 6%.
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.
Maryborough 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 25 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 Maryborough 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 →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 Maryborough lot.
Maryborough planning - frequently asked
Is Maryborough flood-prone?
About 12% of Maryborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 31%.
Is Maryborough bushfire-prone?
Around 94% of Maryborough is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Central Goldfields average of 100%.
Is Maryborough under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 14% of Maryborough in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Maryborough?
The dominant planning zone in Maryborough is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Maryborough have heritage-listed places?
Maryborough has 76 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Maryborough?
Across 5,948 surveyed parcels in Maryborough, the median lot size is about 780 m². There are also 577 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Maryborough have a train station?
Yes - Maryborough has 1 train station: Maryborough Station. It is also served by 84 bus stops.
What is the population of Maryborough?
At the 2021 Census Maryborough had 8,160 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Maryborough (Vic.) statistical area, which contains Maryborough, went from 7,742 people in 2001 to 8,229 in 2025, up 6%.
Is Maryborough an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Maryborough scores 854 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Maryborough?
Median household income in Maryborough was $876 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,024 for the typical suburb in Central Goldfields. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff | 4.0 km | 20% | 100% |
| Golden Point (Maryborough) | 5.3 km | 15% | 100% |
| Bowenvale | 5.7 km | 39% | 100% |
| Alma | 5.7 km | 37% | 100% |
| Adelaide Lead | 6.7 km | 18% | 100% |
| Moonlight Flat (Maryborough) | 7.0 km | 20% | 100% |
| Daisy Hill | 7.0 km | 10% | 100% |
| Simson | 7.3 km | 34% | 100% |
| Craigie | 7.3 km | 46% | 100% |
| Timor | 7.6 km | 47% | 100% |