Puckapunyal flood map & planning overlays
Puckapunyal has Mitchell's biggest lots (2,726 ha) and youngest crowd (24).
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A planning-constraint profile of Puckapunyal
(Mitchell, VIC) - 412.23 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
412.23 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Puckapunyal'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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Puckapunyal
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,500 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.
Puckapunyal at a glance
How Puckapunyal is zoned
Selling in Puckapunyal? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 412.23 km², Puckapunyal is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls 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 Commonwealth Land (CA). The median lot measures about 27,258,917 m² across 658 parcels.
Who lives in Puckapunyal
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Puckapunyal 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 1065, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Puckapunyal's 1,108 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seymour Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Puckapunyal. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Puckapunyal itself.
4,213 in 2001 to 4,488 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Puckapunyal 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 | 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 Puckapunyal 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 →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 Puckapunyal lot.
Puckapunyal planning - frequently asked
Is Puckapunyal flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Puckapunyal and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 6%).
Is Puckapunyal bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Puckapunyal is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mitchell average of 99%.
Is Puckapunyal under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Puckapunyal in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 ft. 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 Puckapunyal?
The dominant planning zone in Puckapunyal is Commonwealth Land (CA), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Puckapunyal have heritage-listed places?
Puckapunyal has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Puckapunyal?
Across 658 surveyed parcels in Puckapunyal, the median lot size is about 27,258,917 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Puckapunyal have a train station?
There is no train station inside Puckapunyal itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.
What is the population of Puckapunyal?
At the 2021 Census Puckapunyal had 1,108 usual residents, with a median age of 24 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Seymour Surrounds statistical area, which contains Puckapunyal, went from 4,213 people in 2001 to 4,488 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Puckapunyal an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Puckapunyal scores 1065 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 Puckapunyal?
Median household income in Puckapunyal was $2,510 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,875 for the typical suburb in Mitchell. Median rent was $265 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,714 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graytown Strathbogie |
11.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mitchellstown Strathbogie |
13.1 km | 13% | 98% |
| Costerfield Greater Bendigo |
14.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Northwood | 14.4 km | 25% | 100% |
| Moormbool West Strathbogie |
14.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Hilldene | 16.3 km | 11% | 100% |
| Tooborac | 17.6 km | 2% | 100% |
| Wirrate Strathbogie |
18.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Heathcote Greater Bendigo |
19.0 km | 4% | 100% |
| Glenaroua | 20.1 km | 0% | 100% |