Sarsfield flood map & planning overlays
Sarsfield: 3 ha farms, 11.3% flood, median age 50.
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A planning-constraint profile of Sarsfield
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 54.39 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
54.39 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sarsfield'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 Sarsfield
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 3,500 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.
Sarsfield at a glance
How Sarsfield is zoned
Selling in Sarsfield? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 54.39 km², Sarsfield is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 30,202 m² across 500 parcels.
Who lives in Sarsfield
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sarsfield 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 998, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Sarsfield's 543 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bruthen - Omeo, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sarsfield. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sarsfield itself.
6,909 in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
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.
Sarsfield 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 Sarsfield 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 Sarsfield lot.
Sarsfield planning - frequently asked
Is Sarsfield flood-prone?
About 11% of Sarsfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Sarsfield bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Sarsfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Sarsfield under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 12% of Sarsfield 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 Sarsfield?
The dominant planning zone in Sarsfield is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ2) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ2).
Does Sarsfield have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sarsfield.
What is the typical lot size in Sarsfield?
Across 500 surveyed parcels in Sarsfield, the median lot size is about 30,202 m². There are also 219 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Sarsfield?
At the 2021 Census Sarsfield had 543 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Bruthen - Omeo statistical area, which contains Sarsfield, went from 6,909 people in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Sarsfield an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sarsfield scores 998 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Sarsfield?
Median household income in Sarsfield was $1,423 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson | 5.8 km | 16% | 95% |
| Wiseleigh | 6.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Fairy Dell (Bairnsdale) | 6.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Granite Rock | 6.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mossiface | 7.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Lucknow | 8.5 km | <1% | 92% |
| Clifton Creek | 8.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bumberrah | 8.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Johnsonville | 9.4 km | 15% | 100% |
| Bruthen | 11.0 km | <1% | 100% |