Point Wilson flood map & planning overlays
Point Wilson tops Greater Geelong for lot size (77 ha) and environmental overlay.
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A planning-constraint profile of Point Wilson
(Greater Geelong, VIC) - 59.79 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
59.79 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Point Wilson'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 Wilson
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
2% 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
- vic_avalon_airport_anef
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 2 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.
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.
Point Wilson at a glance
How Point Wilson is zoned
Selling in Point Wilson? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 59.79 km², Point Wilson is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 61% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Use Zone (PUZ1). The median lot measures about 774,145 m² across 74 parcels.
Point Wilson 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 | Not 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 Point Wilson 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 99% of Point Wilson. 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 Point Wilson lot.
Point Wilson planning - frequently asked
Is Point Wilson flood-prone?
About 61% of Point Wilson falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Point Wilson bushfire-prone?
Around 29% of Point Wilson is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%.
Is Point Wilson affected by aircraft noise?
About 2% of Point Wilson 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 Wilson under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 99% of Point Wilson, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 6 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 Wilson?
The dominant planning zone in Point Wilson is Public Use Zone (PUZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Point Wilson have heritage-listed places?
Point Wilson has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Point Wilson?
Across 74 surveyed parcels in Point Wilson, the median lot size is about 774,145 m². There are also 41 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | 7.1 km | 28% | 71% |
| Lara | 10.4 km | 24% | 89% |
| Cocoroc Wyndham |
11.1 km | 22% | 61% |
| Little River | 12.1 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bellarine | 13.8 km | 1% | 99% |
| Clifton Springs | 13.9 km | <1% | 34% |
| Corio | 14.0 km | 13% | 32% |
| Mambourin Wyndham |
14.9 km | 10% | 90% |
| North Shore | 15.1 km | 3% | 0% |
| Curlewis | 16.2 km | <1% | 93% |