Point Cook flood map & planning overlays
Point Cook is Victoria's most populous suburb, 66,781, under 132 flights a day.
A planning-constraint profile of Point Cook
(Wyndham, VIC) - 38.89 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 17 October 2026.
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Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
38.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Point Cook's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Point Cook
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
15% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 17 Oct 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
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.
Point Cook at a glance
How Point Cook is zoned
Selling in Point Cook? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 38.89 km², Point Cook is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 28% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 476 m² across 25,117 parcels.
Who lives in Point Cook
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Point Cook 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 1066, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Point Cook's 66,781 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Point Cook - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Point Cook. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Point Cook itself.
808 in 2001 to 21,797 in 2025, up 2598%.
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.
Point Cook 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 17 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 Point Cook address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 98% of Point Cook. 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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Point Cook planning - frequently asked
Is Point Cook flood-prone?
About 11% of Point Cook falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Point Cook bushfire-prone?
Around 28% of Point Cook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wyndham average of 41%.
Is Point Cook affected by aircraft noise?
About 15% of Point Cook sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 35 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Point Cook under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 98% of Point Cook, and over about 100% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 132 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 Point Cook?
The dominant planning zone in Point Cook is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ1).
Does Point Cook have heritage-listed places?
Point Cook has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Point Cook?
Across 25,117 surveyed parcels in Point Cook, the median lot size is about 476 m². There are also 8,039 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Point Cook have a train station?
There is no train station inside Point Cook itself. The suburb is served by 122 bus stops.
What is the population of Point Cook?
At the 2021 Census Point Cook had 66,781 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Point Cook - East statistical area, which contains Point Cook, went from 808 people in 2001 to 21,797 in 2025, up 2598%.
Is Point Cook an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Point Cook scores 1066 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Point Cook?
Median household income in Point Cook was $2,392 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,766 for the typical suburb in Wyndham. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,115 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook Hobsons Bay |
2.7 km | 10% | 0% |
| Altona Meadows Hobsons Bay |
3.6 km | 34% | 4% |
| Williams Landing | 4.8 km | 0% | 25% |
| Laverton | 5.5 km | 2% | 12% |
| Werribee South | 5.8 km | 7% | 14% |
| Hoppers Crossing | 6.4 km | 4% | <1% |
| Altona Hobsons Bay |
6.9 km | 25% | 24% |
| Laverton North | 8.5 km | <1% | 14% |
| Seaholme Hobsons Bay |
8.9 km | 14% | 0% |
| Altona North Hobsons Bay |
9.9 km | 10% | 6% |