Mount Beckworth flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Beckworth
(Hepburn, VIC) - 23.47 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
23.47 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Beckworth'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 Mount Beckworth
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: observed, lowest 4,000 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.
Mount Beckworth at a glance
How Mount Beckworth is zoned
Selling in Mount Beckworth? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 23.47 km², Mount Beckworth is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 237,524 m² across 74 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Beckworth
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Beckworth 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 932, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Creswick - Clunes, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Beckworth. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Beckworth itself.
7,467 in 2001 to 8,038 in 2025, up 8%.
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.
Mount Beckworth 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 Mount Beckworth 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 Mount Beckworth lot.
Mount Beckworth planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Beckworth flood-prone?
About 6% of Mount Beckworth falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Mount Beckworth bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mount Beckworth is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hepburn average of 100%.
Is Mount Beckworth under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 20% of Mount Beckworth 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 Mount Beckworth?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Beckworth is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Mount Beckworth have heritage-listed places?
Mount Beckworth has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Beckworth?
Across 74 surveyed parcels in Mount Beckworth, the median lot size is about 237,524 m².
Is Mount Beckworth an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Beckworth scores 932 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendaruel Ballarat |
5.4 km | 4% | 100% |
| Mount Bolton Ballarat |
6.3 km | 1% | 100% |
| Evansford Pyrenees |
6.3 km | 5% | 100% |
| Waubra Pyrenees |
7.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Clunes | 7.3 km | 11% | 100% |
| Stony Creek (Talbot) Central Goldfields |
8.9 km | 13% | 100% |
| Tourello Ballarat |
9.5 km | 3% | 100% |
| Coghills Creek Ballarat |
10.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Addington Ballarat |
10.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Dunach Central Goldfields |
11.4 km | 11% | 100% |