Paynesville flood map & planning overlays
Paynesville keeps 756 m² lots (joint 6th-smallest) and 34.1% flood mapping.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Paynesville
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 7.65 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
7.65 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Paynesville'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 Paynesville
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.
Paynesville at a glance
How Paynesville is zoned
Selling in Paynesville? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 7.65 km², Paynesville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 756 m² across 3,177 parcels.
Who lives in Paynesville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Paynesville 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 943, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Paynesville's 3,636 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Paynesville, the wider ABS statistical area containing Paynesville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Paynesville itself.
4,638 in 2001 to 7,190 in 2025, up 55%.
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.
Paynesville 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 Paynesville 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 3% of Paynesville. 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 Paynesville lot.
Paynesville planning - frequently asked
Is Paynesville flood-prone?
About 34% of Paynesville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Paynesville bushfire-prone?
Around 29% of Paynesville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Paynesville under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Paynesville, and over about 10% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,000 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 Paynesville?
The dominant planning zone in Paynesville is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ3).
Does Paynesville have heritage-listed places?
Paynesville has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Paynesville?
Across 3,177 surveyed parcels in Paynesville, the median lot size is about 756 m². There are also 842 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Paynesville have a train station?
There is no train station inside Paynesville itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Paynesville?
At the 2021 Census Paynesville had 3,636 usual residents, with a median age of 62 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Paynesville statistical area, which contains Paynesville, went from 4,638 people in 2001 to 7,190 in 2025, up 55%.
Is Paynesville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Paynesville scores 943 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Paynesville?
Median household income in Paynesville was $987 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $310 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,225 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Point | 2.6 km | 60% | 49% |
| Newlands Arm | 3.3 km | 20% | 74% |
| Raymond Island | 3.6 km | 82% | 30% |
| Broadlands | 5.6 km | 87% | 27% |
| Banksia Peninsula | 5.7 km | 20% | 92% |
| East Bairnsdale | 7.8 km | 49% | 86% |
| Forge Creek | 9.3 km | 20% | 81% |
| Metung | 9.4 km | 66% | 37% |
| Boole Poole | 9.6 km | 84% | 44% |
| Bairnsdale | 11.3 km | 20% | 88% |