Pine Mountain flood map & planning overlays
Pine Mountain's 21 ha conservation lots see 9.5% flood mapping.
A planning-constraint profile of Pine Mountain
(Towong, VIC) - 60.16 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
60.16 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pine Mountain's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Pine Mountain at a glance
How Pine Mountain is zoned
Selling in Pine Mountain? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 60.16 km², Pine Mountain is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits 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 Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 211,566 m² across 78 parcels.
Who lives in Pine Mountain
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pine Mountain 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 990, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Towong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pine Mountain. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pine Mountain itself.
6,204 in 2001 to 6,155 in 2025, down 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.
Pine Mountain 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 29 September 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 Pine Mountain address
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Pine Mountain planning - frequently asked
Is Pine Mountain flood-prone?
About 10% of Pine Mountain falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Pine Mountain bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Pine Mountain is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Towong average of 97%.
What is the zoning in Pine Mountain?
The dominant planning zone in Pine Mountain is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Pine Mountain have heritage-listed places?
Pine Mountain has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Pine Mountain?
Across 78 surveyed parcels in Pine Mountain, the median lot size is about 211,566 m². There are also 31 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Pine Mountain an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pine Mountain scores 990 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tintaldra | 9.3 km | 26% | 100% |
| Walwa | 9.5 km | 7% | 100% |
| Cudgewa | 15.9 km | 6% | 100% |
| Guys Forest | 16.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Towong | 16.4 km | 37% | 100% |
| Mount Alfred | 18.1 km | 10% | 100% |
| Corryong | 20.1 km | 30% | 98% |
| Colac Colac | 23.4 km | 26% | 100% |
| Burrowye | 26.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Berringama | 26.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |