Mount Major flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Major
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 15.48 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
15.48 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Major's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mount Major
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 to
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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 Major at a glance
How Mount Major is zoned
Selling in Mount Major? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 15.48 km², Mount Major 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 is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 40,007 m² across 77 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Major
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Major 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 1051, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Shepparton Surrounds - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Major. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Major itself.
4,206 in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
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 Major 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 29 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Mount Major planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Major flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mount Major and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 49%).
Is Mount Major bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mount Major is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Mount Major under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Mount Major in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Major?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Major is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ2) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Mount Major have heritage-listed places?
Mount Major has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Major?
Across 77 surveyed parcels in Mount Major, the median lot size is about 40,007 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Mount Major an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Major scores 1051 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dookie College | 3.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Dookie | 3.9 km | 10% | 100% |
| Nalinga | 7.0 km | 74% | 100% |
| Major Plains | 7.2 km | 18% | 100% |
| Cosgrove | 7.4 km | 39% | 100% |
| Cosgrove South | 7.8 km | 77% | 100% |
| Yabba South Moira |
9.8 km | 51% | 100% |
| Boxwood Benalla |
10.9 km | 19% | 100% |
| Stewarton Benalla |
11.5 km | 56% | 100% |
| Gowangardie | 11.5 km | 20% | 100% |