Pheasant Creek zoning & planning overlays
Pheasant Creek earns Murrindindi's top income, $2,136, joint youngest at 40.
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A planning-constraint profile of Pheasant Creek
(Murrindindi, VIC) - 17.59 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
17.59 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 Pheasant Creek'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 Pheasant Creek
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 16 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,500 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.
Pheasant Creek at a glance
How Pheasant Creek is zoned
Selling in Pheasant Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 17.59 km², Pheasant Creek 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 is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 20,353 m² across 186 parcels.
Who lives in Pheasant Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pheasant Creek 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 1018, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pheasant Creek's 360 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kinglake, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pheasant Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pheasant Creek itself.
3,677 in 2001 to 4,419 in 2025, up 20%.
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.
Pheasant Creek 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 Pheasant Creek 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 7% of Pheasant Creek. 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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Pheasant Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Pheasant Creek flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Pheasant Creek, 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. Murrindindi is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Pheasant Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Pheasant Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Murrindindi average of 100%.
Is Pheasant Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 7% of Pheasant Creek, and over about 50% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 7,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 18 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 Pheasant Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Pheasant Creek is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ2).
Does Pheasant Creek have heritage-listed places?
Pheasant Creek has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Pheasant Creek?
Across 186 surveyed parcels in Pheasant Creek, the median lot size is about 20,353 m². There are also 42 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Pheasant Creek have a train station?
There is no train station inside Pheasant Creek itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Pheasant Creek?
At the 2021 Census Pheasant Creek had 360 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Kinglake statistical area, which contains Pheasant Creek, went from 3,677 people in 2001 to 4,419 in 2025, up 20%.
Is Pheasant Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pheasant Creek scores 1018 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Pheasant Creek?
Median household income in Pheasant Creek was $2,136 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Murrindindi. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,878 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinglake Central | 2.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kinglake West | 3.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Strathewen Nillumbik |
8.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kinglake | 8.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Humevale Whittlesea |
11.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| St Andrews Nillumbik |
12.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Castella | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Glenburn | 13.3 km | 2% | 100% |
| Arthurs Creek Nillumbik |
13.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Steels Creek Yarra Ranges |
14.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |