Mount Macedon flood map & planning overlays
Mount Macedon earns $2,647 and keeps 34 heritage places (joint 5th).
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Macedon
(Macedon Ranges, VIC) - 34.56 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
34.56 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Macedon'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 Macedon
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,500 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 Macedon at a glance
How Mount Macedon is zoned
Selling in Mount Macedon? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 34.56 km², Mount Macedon is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 34 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 4,533 m² across 1,005 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Macedon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Macedon 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 1131, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Macedon's 1,450 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Macedon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Macedon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Macedon itself.
3,516 in 2001 to 3,615 in 2025, up 3%.
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 Macedon 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 Macedon 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 8% of Mount Macedon. 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 Macedon lot.
Mount Macedon planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Macedon flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mount Macedon and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 8%).
Is Mount Macedon bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mount Macedon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 99%.
Is Mount Macedon under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Mount Macedon, and over about 67% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 7,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 9 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 Macedon?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Macedon is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) and Public Use Zone (PUZ7).
Does Mount Macedon have heritage-listed places?
Mount Macedon has 34 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Macedon?
Across 1,005 surveyed parcels in Mount Macedon, the median lot size is about 4,533 m². There are also 611 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Macedon?
At the 2021 Census Mount Macedon had 1,450 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Macedon statistical area, which contains Mount Macedon, went from 3,516 people in 2001 to 3,615 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Mount Macedon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Macedon scores 1131 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Macedon?
Median household income in Mount Macedon was $2,647 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,090 for the typical suburb in Macedon Ranges. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,604 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macedon | 4.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cherokee | 4.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Hesket | 5.3 km | 3% | 100% |
| Woodend | 5.8 km | 14% | 98% |
| New Gisborne | 6.8 km | Not mapped | 95% |
| Kerrie | 7.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Woodend North | 9.4 km | 24% | 100% |
| Riddells Creek | 10.1 km | 0% | 98% |
| Newham | 10.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Rochford | 11.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |