Mount Franklin zoning & planning overlays
Mount Franklin has Hepburn's highest household income, $2,583.
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Franklin
(Hepburn, VIC) - 17.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 17 October 2026.
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Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
17.15 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Franklin's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mount Franklin
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 17 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.
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 Franklin at a glance
How Mount Franklin is zoned
Selling in Mount Franklin? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 17.15 km², Mount Franklin is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ2). The median lot measures about 75,463 m² across 116 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Franklin
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Franklin 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 1035, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Franklin's 99 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Daylesford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Franklin. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Franklin itself.
8,201 in 2001 to 10,342 in 2025, up 26%.
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 Franklin data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 17 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 Franklin address
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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 Franklin lot.
Mount Franklin planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Franklin flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Mount Franklin, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Hepburn is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Mount Franklin bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mount Franklin is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hepburn average of 100%.
Is Mount Franklin under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 29% of Mount Franklin in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Franklin?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Franklin is Farming Zone (FZ2), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Mount Franklin have heritage-listed places?
Mount Franklin has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Franklin?
Across 116 surveyed parcels in Mount Franklin, the median lot size is about 75,463 m². There are also 44 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Franklin?
At the 2021 Census Mount Franklin had 99 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Daylesford statistical area, which contains Mount Franklin, went from 8,201 people in 2001 to 10,342 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Mount Franklin an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Franklin scores 1035 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Franklin?
Median household income in Mount Franklin was $2,583 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,400 for the typical suburb in Hepburn. Median rent was $190 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,705 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porcupine Ridge | 4.1 km | 3% | 100% |
| Dry Diggings | 4.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Elevated Plains | 4.4 km | 4% | 100% |
| Shepherds Flat | 5.0 km | 9% | 100% |
| Franklinford | 6.2 km | 2% | 100% |
| Hepburn Springs | 6.3 km | 5% | 100% |
| Hepburn | 6.4 km | 7% | 100% |
| Basalt | 7.0 km | 4% | 100% |
| Glenlyon | 7.8 km | 8% | 100% |
| Guildford | 8.0 km | 6% | 100% |