Panton Hill zoning & planning overlays
Panton Hill is home to 1,063 people and 17 heritage places, all bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Panton Hill
(Nillumbik, VIC) - 21.07 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 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
21.07 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 Panton Hill'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 Panton Hill
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 4,500 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.
Panton Hill at a glance
How Panton Hill is zoned
Selling in Panton Hill? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 21.07 km², Panton Hill 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 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3). The median lot measures about 25,868 m² across 492 parcels.
Who lives in Panton Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Panton Hill 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 1088, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Panton Hill's 1,063 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Panton Hill - St Andrews, the wider ABS statistical area containing Panton Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Panton Hill itself.
5,103 in 2001 to 5,130 in 2025, up 1%.
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.
Panton Hill 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 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 Panton Hill address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 84% of Panton Hill. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
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Panton Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Panton Hill flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Panton Hill, 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. Nillumbik is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Panton Hill bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Panton Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Nillumbik average of 94%.
Is Panton Hill under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 84% of Panton Hill, and over about 96% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 20 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 Panton Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Panton Hill is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ4).
Does Panton Hill have heritage-listed places?
Panton Hill has 17 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Panton Hill?
Across 492 surveyed parcels in Panton Hill, the median lot size is about 25,868 m². There are also 318 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Panton Hill?
At the 2021 Census Panton Hill had 1,063 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Panton Hill - St Andrews statistical area, which contains Panton Hill, went from 5,103 people in 2001 to 5,130 in 2025, up 1%.
Is Panton Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Panton Hill scores 1088 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 Panton Hill?
Median household income in Panton Hill was $2,367 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,391 for the typical suburb in Nillumbik. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watsons Creek | 2.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Smiths Gully | 3.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cottles Bridge | 4.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Hurstbridge | 4.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Christmas Hills | 5.6 km | 4% | 100% |
| Kangaroo Ground | 5.8 km | 2% | 100% |
| Wattle Glen | 6.2 km | 7% | 99% |
| Nutfield | 7.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bend Of Islands | 7.2 km | 7% | 100% |
| St Andrews | 7.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |