Mount Cole Creek flood map & planning overlays
Flood mapping reaches 12.9% of Mount Cole Creek, the top share in Ararat.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Cole Creek
(Ararat, VIC) - 39.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
39.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Cole Creek'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 Cole Creek
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 3,500 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.
Mount Cole Creek at a glance
How Mount Cole Creek is zoned
Selling in Mount Cole Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 39.63 km², Mount Cole Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 174,979 m² across 146 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Cole Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Cole Creek 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 957, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ararat Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Cole Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Cole Creek itself.
3,183 in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 0%.
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 Cole Creek 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 Cole Creek 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 Cole Creek lot.
Mount Cole Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Cole Creek flood-prone?
About 13% of Mount Cole Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 5%.
Is Mount Cole Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mount Cole Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ararat average of 100%.
Is Mount Cole Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 11% of Mount Cole Creek 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 Mount Cole Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Cole Creek is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Mount Cole Creek have heritage-listed places?
Mount Cole Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Cole Creek?
Across 146 surveyed parcels in Mount Cole Creek, the median lot size is about 174,979 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Mount Cole Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Cole Creek scores 957 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eversley | 5.3 km | 12% | 100% |
| Dunneworthy | 7.4 km | 5% | 100% |
| Warrak | 7.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Mount Cole | 8.4 km | 6% | 100% |
| Crowlands Pyrenees |
10.4 km | 12% | 100% |
| Bayindeen | 10.7 km | 12% | 100% |
| Elmhurst Pyrenees |
12.8 km | 14% | 100% |
| Ararat | 13.3 km | 0% | 97% |
| Glenlofty Pyrenees |
13.4 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bulgana Northern Grampians |
14.7 km | 6% | 100% |