Mia Mia flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Mia Mia
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 152.16 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
152.16 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mia Mia'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 Mia Mia
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 8,500 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.
Mia Mia at a glance
How Mia Mia is zoned
Selling in Mia Mia? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 152.16 km², Mia Mia is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 21 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1). The median lot measures about 72,160 m² across 908 parcels.
Who lives in Mia Mia
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mia Mia 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 948, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mia Mia's 213 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Heathcote, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mia Mia. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mia Mia itself.
3,895 in 2001 to 5,382 in 2025, up 38%.
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.
Mia Mia 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 Mia Mia 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 Mia Mia lot.
Mia Mia planning - frequently asked
Is Mia Mia flood-prone?
About 4% of Mia Mia falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Mia Mia bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mia Mia is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is Mia Mia under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 55% of Mia Mia in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,000 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 Mia Mia?
The dominant planning zone in Mia Mia is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Farming Zone (FZ1).
Does Mia Mia have heritage-listed places?
Mia Mia has 21 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mia Mia?
Across 908 surveyed parcels in Mia Mia, the median lot size is about 72,160 m². There are also 214 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mia Mia?
At the 2021 Census Mia Mia had 213 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Heathcote statistical area, which contains Mia Mia, went from 3,895 people in 2001 to 5,382 in 2025, up 38%.
Is Mia Mia an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mia Mia scores 948 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mia Mia?
Median household income in Mia Mia was $1,237 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,432 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathcote South Mitchell |
8.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Argyle | 9.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Glenhope Mitchell |
9.9 km | 6% | 100% |
| Lake Eppalock | 10.2 km | 99% | 1% |
| Derrinal | 10.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Kimbolton | 12.2 km | 1% | 100% |
| Redesdale Mount Alexander |
12.4 km | 8% | 100% |
| Glenhope East Mitchell |
13.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Heathcote | 13.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Lyal | 15.1 km | 5% | 100% |