North Bendigo flood map & planning overlays
North Bendigo keeps 581 m² lots and 34 bus stops.
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A planning-constraint profile of North Bendigo
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 4.16 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.16 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North Bendigo's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over North Bendigo
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.
North Bendigo at a glance
How North Bendigo is zoned
Selling in North Bendigo? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.16 km², North Bendigo is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 46% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 28 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ). The median lot measures about 581 m² across 2,379 parcels.
Who lives in North Bendigo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North Bendigo 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 913, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of North Bendigo's 4,277 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bendigo, the wider ABS statistical area containing North Bendigo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North Bendigo itself.
15,549 in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, down 7%.
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.
North Bendigo 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 25 October 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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North Bendigo planning - frequently asked
Is North Bendigo flood-prone?
About 9% of North Bendigo falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is North Bendigo bushfire-prone?
Around 46% of North Bendigo is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is North Bendigo under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over North Bendigo in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). 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 North Bendigo?
The dominant planning zone in North Bendigo is General Residential Zone (GRZ), though the suburb also includes Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does North Bendigo have heritage-listed places?
North Bendigo has 28 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in North Bendigo?
Across 2,379 surveyed parcels in North Bendigo, the median lot size is about 581 m². There are also 812 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does North Bendigo have a train station?
There is no train station inside North Bendigo itself. The suburb is served by 34 bus stops.
What is the population of North Bendigo?
At the 2021 Census North Bendigo had 4,277 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Bendigo statistical area, which contains North Bendigo, went from 15,549 people in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, down 7%.
Is North Bendigo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Bendigo scores 913 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in North Bendigo?
Median household income in North Bendigo was $1,281 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $285 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,290 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bendigo | 2.0 km | 22% | <1% |
| Long Gully | 2.0 km | 5% | 63% |
| Jackass Flat | 2.2 km | 9% | 89% |
| California Gully | 2.2 km | 3% | 52% |
| White Hills | 2.3 km | 17% | 72% |
| Ironbark | 2.4 km | Not mapped | 30% |
| West Bendigo | 3.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Eaglehawk | 3.7 km | 5% | 86% |
| East Bendigo | 4.1 km | 9% | 75% |
| Quarry Hill | 4.2 km | 4% | 52% |