Mount Duneed flood map & planning overlays
Mount Duneed is the Surf Coast's youngest (32) with its smallest lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Duneed
(Surf Coast, VIC) - 46.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
46.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Duneed'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 Duneed
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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 Duneed at a glance
How Mount Duneed is zoned
Selling in Mount Duneed? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 46.17 km², Mount Duneed is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 91% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ2). The median lot measures about 422 m² across 5,929 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Duneed
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Duneed 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 1057, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Duneed's 6,182 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Torquay, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Duneed. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Duneed itself.
10,225 in 2001 to 26,581 in 2025, up 160%.
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 Duneed 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 Duneed 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 65% of Mount Duneed. 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 Duneed lot.
Mount Duneed planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Duneed flood-prone?
About 10% of Mount Duneed falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Mount Duneed bushfire-prone?
Around 91% of Mount Duneed is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Surf Coast average of 97%.
Is Mount Duneed under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 65% of Mount Duneed, and over about 86% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Duneed?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Duneed is Farming Zone (FZ2), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ7) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Mount Duneed have heritage-listed places?
Mount Duneed has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Duneed?
Across 5,929 surveyed parcels in Mount Duneed, the median lot size is about 422 m². There are also 2,439 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mount Duneed have a train station?
Yes - Mount Duneed has 1 train station: Waurn Ponds Station. It is also served by 21 bus stops.
What is the population of Mount Duneed?
At the 2021 Census Mount Duneed had 6,182 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Torquay statistical area, which contains Mount Duneed, went from 10,225 people in 2001 to 26,581 in 2025, up 160%.
Is Mount Duneed an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Duneed scores 1057 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Duneed?
Median household income in Mount Duneed was $2,274 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Surf Coast. Median rent was $446 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,983 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Creek Greater Geelong |
3.8 km | 34% | 48% |
| Grovedale Greater Geelong |
5.3 km | 2% | 12% |
| Waurn Ponds Greater Geelong |
6.3 km | 3% | 72% |
| Freshwater Creek | 6.4 km | 11% | 100% |
| Marshall Greater Geelong |
6.6 km | 16% | 67% |
| Charlemont Greater Geelong |
6.8 km | 40% | 83% |
| Torquay | 7.0 km | 7% | 77% |
| Breamlea Greater Geelong |
7.5 km | 71% | 100% |
| Belmont Greater Geelong |
7.9 km | 30% | 10% |
| St Albans Park Greater Geelong |
8.3 km | 38% | 50% |