Riddells Creek flood map & planning overlays
Riddells Creek is home to 4,390 residents, 5th of 43.
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A planning-constraint profile of Riddells Creek
(Macedon Ranges, VIC) - 72.24 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
72.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Riddells Creek'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 Riddells Creek
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 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.
Riddells Creek at a glance
How Riddells Creek is zoned
Selling in Riddells Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 72.24 km², Riddells Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1). The median lot measures about 3,979 m² across 2,312 parcels.
Who lives in Riddells Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Riddells Creek 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 1048, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Riddells Creek's 4,390 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Riddells Creek, the wider ABS statistical area containing Riddells Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Riddells Creek itself.
3,471 in 2001 to 4,589 in 2025, up 32%.
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.
Riddells Creek 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 Riddells Creek 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 40% of Riddells Creek. 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 Riddells Creek lot.
Riddells Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Riddells Creek flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Riddells Creek and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 8%).
Is Riddells Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Riddells Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 99%.
Is Riddells Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 40% of Riddells Creek, and over about 82% 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 6,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 19 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 Riddells Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Riddells Creek is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ1) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Riddells Creek have heritage-listed places?
Riddells Creek has 20 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Riddells Creek?
Across 2,312 surveyed parcels in Riddells Creek, the median lot size is about 3,979 m². There are also 1,334 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Riddells Creek have a train station?
Yes - Riddells Creek has 1 train station: Riddells Creek Station. It is also served by 3 bus stops.
What is the population of Riddells Creek?
At the 2021 Census Riddells Creek had 4,390 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Riddells Creek statistical area, which contains Riddells Creek, went from 3,471 people in 2001 to 4,589 in 2025, up 32%.
Is Riddells Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Riddells Creek scores 1048 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 Riddells Creek?
Median household income in Riddells Creek was $2,150 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,090 for the typical suburb in Macedon Ranges. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Gisborne | 6.2 km | Not mapped | 95% |
| Cherokee | 6.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kerrie | 7.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bolinda | 8.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mount Macedon | 10.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Macedon | 10.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hesket | 11.0 km | 3% | 100% |
| Gisborne | 11.0 km | 3% | 92% |
| Romsey | 11.0 km | <1% | 94% |
| Monegeetta | 11.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |