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Pittong flood map & planning overlays

Pittong farms 17 ha lots inside full bushfire mapping.

A planning-constraint profile of Pittong (Golden Plains, VIC) - 67.85 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pittong'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Pittong

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

Under observed aircraft
36%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
4%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,000 ft
averaging 4,500 ft
Busiest square
~0 a day
±32% · area average
typical observed square 0 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 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.

Pittong at a glance

Parcels 245 Median lot 169,542 m² Mapped easements 4

How Pittong is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 90%
Farming Zone (FZ1) 9%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%
Rural Living Zone (RLZ1) 0%

Selling in Pittong? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 67.85 km², Pittong is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% 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 Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 169,542 m² across 245 parcels.

Who lives in Pittong

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pittong suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
12
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 925, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Golden Plains - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pittong. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pittong itself.

3,875 in 2001 to 5,021 in 2025, up 30%.

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.

Pittong data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Pittong address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Pittong. 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 Pittong lot.

Pittong planning - frequently asked

Is Pittong flood-prone?

About 2% of Pittong falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.

Is Pittong bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Pittong is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Golden Plains average of 100%.

Is Pittong under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Pittong, and over about 36% 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 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Pittong?

The dominant planning zone in Pittong is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).

Does Pittong have heritage-listed places?

Pittong has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Pittong?

Across 245 surveyed parcels in Pittong, the median lot size is about 169,542 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Pittong an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pittong scores 925 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Linton 8.2 km <1% 100%
Chepstowe
Pyrenees
8.7 km Not mapped 100%
Mount Emu
Pyrenees
10.8 km Not mapped 100%
Snake Valley
Pyrenees
11.4 km <1% 100%
Mannibadar 11.6 km 3% 100%
Happy Valley (Ballarat) 12.4 km 2% 100%
Skipton
Pyrenees
12.5 km <1% 100%
Mena Park
Pyrenees
15.3 km Not mapped 100%
Piggoreet 15.5 km 7% 100%
Hillcrest
Pyrenees
15.5 km Not mapped 100%

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