Raywood flood map & planning overlays
Raywood: 17 heritage places on 5 ha farms, median 47.
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A planning-constraint profile of Raywood
(Loddon, VIC) - 174.24 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
174.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Raywood'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 Raywood
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.
Raywood at a glance
How Raywood is zoned
Selling in Raywood? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 174.24 km², Raywood is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 53,967 m² across 668 parcels.
Who lives in Raywood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Raywood 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 942, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Raywood's 329 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bendigo Surrounds - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Raywood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Raywood itself.
3,900 in 2001 to 5,505 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Raywood 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 Raywood 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 Raywood lot.
Raywood planning - frequently asked
Is Raywood flood-prone?
About 17% of Raywood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%.
Is Raywood bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Raywood is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Loddon average of 100%.
Is Raywood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 5% of Raywood in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 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 Raywood?
The dominant planning zone in Raywood is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Raywood have heritage-listed places?
Raywood has 17 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Raywood?
Across 668 surveyed parcels in Raywood, the median lot size is about 53,967 m². There are also 88 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Raywood have a train station?
Yes - Raywood has 1 train station: Raywood Station. It is also served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Raywood?
At the 2021 Census Raywood had 329 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bendigo Surrounds - North statistical area, which contains Raywood, went from 3,900 people in 2001 to 5,505 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Raywood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Raywood scores 942 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Raywood?
Median household income in Raywood was $1,205 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,170 for the typical suburb in Loddon. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neilborough Greater Bendigo |
8.6 km | 5% | 100% |
| Tandarra | 8.7 km | 53% | 100% |
| Sebastian Greater Bendigo |
8.8 km | 6% | 100% |
| Auchmore | 9.2 km | 20% | 100% |
| Yarraberb | 11.4 km | 6% | 100% |
| Campbells Forest | 13.6 km | <1% | 100% |
| Dingee | 16.1 km | 46% | 100% |
| Huntly North Greater Bendigo |
16.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Woodvale Greater Bendigo |
16.3 km | 5% | 100% |
| Bridgewater North | 16.3 km | 15% | 100% |