Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)
(Mount Alexander, VIC) - 3.32 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.32 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)'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 Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)
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.
Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) at a glance
How Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) is zoned
Selling in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.32 km², Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 35 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 4,047 m² across 112 parcels.
Who lives in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) 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 1025, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)'s 81 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Castlemaine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine). There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) itself.
9,358 in 2001 to 11,640 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) 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.
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Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) planning - frequently asked
Is Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) flood-prone?
About 12% of Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Alexander average of 100%.
Is Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 23% of Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,500 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 Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)?
The dominant planning zone in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ2).
Does Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) have heritage-listed places?
Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) has 35 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)?
Across 112 surveyed parcels in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine), the median lot size is about 4,047 m².
What is the population of Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)?
At the 2021 Census Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) had 81 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Castlemaine statistical area, which contains Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine), went from 9,358 people in 2001 to 11,640 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) scores 1025 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine)?
Median household income in Moonlight Flat (Castlemaine) was $1,625 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,402 for the typical suburb in Mount Alexander. Median rent was $650 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,382 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Point (Castlemaine) | 2.3 km | 1% | 100% |
| Castlemaine | 2.9 km | 10% | 92% |
| Chewton | 3.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Chewton Bushlands | 4.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Barkers Creek | 4.6 km | 3% | 100% |
| Faraday | 5.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mckenzie Hill | 5.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Campbells Creek | 6.0 km | 7% | 100% |
| Harcourt | 7.3 km | 3% | 100% |
| Fryerstown | 8.9 km | 0% | 100% |