Nintingbool flood map & planning overlays
Nintingbool's 2 ha rural living lots are 100% bushfire, median 51.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Nintingbool
(Golden Plains, VIC) - 1.91 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
1.91 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nintingbool'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 Nintingbool
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: 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.
Nintingbool at a glance
How Nintingbool is zoned
Selling in Nintingbool? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 1.91 km², Nintingbool 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 Rural Living Zone (RLZ2). The median lot measures about 20,117 m² across 68 parcels.
Who lives in Nintingbool
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nintingbool 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 1000, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Nintingbool's 168 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Smythes Creek, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nintingbool. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nintingbool itself.
3,317 in 2001 to 4,250 in 2025, up 28%.
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.
Nintingbool 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 Nintingbool 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 16% of Nintingbool. 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 Nintingbool lot.
Nintingbool planning - frequently asked
Is Nintingbool flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Nintingbool and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 6%).
Is Nintingbool bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Nintingbool is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Golden Plains average of 100%.
Is Nintingbool under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 16% of Nintingbool, and over about 52% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 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 Nintingbool?
The dominant planning zone in Nintingbool is Rural Living Zone (RLZ2), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Nintingbool have heritage-listed places?
Nintingbool has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Nintingbool?
Across 68 surveyed parcels in Nintingbool, the median lot size is about 20,117 m². There are also 14 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Nintingbool?
At the 2021 Census Nintingbool had 168 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Smythes Creek statistical area, which contains Nintingbool, went from 3,317 people in 2001 to 4,250 in 2025, up 28%.
Is Nintingbool an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nintingbool scores 1000 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Nintingbool?
Median household income in Nintingbool was $1,792 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,748 for the typical suburb in Golden Plains.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haddon | 3.0 km | 10% | 100% |
| Smythes Creek | 4.1 km | <1% | 98% |
| Bunkers Hill Ballarat |
4.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ross Creek | 5.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Smythesdale | 6.1 km | 5% | 100% |
| Winter Valley Ballarat |
7.3 km | Not mapped | 34% |
| Lucas Ballarat |
7.7 km | Not mapped | 63% |
| Hillcrest Pyrenees |
7.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bonshaw Ballarat |
8.2 km | Not mapped | 77% |
| Cardigan Ballarat |
8.5 km | 3% | 99% |