Sheep Hills flood map & planning overlays
Sheep Hills is 10 ha farm lots, completely bushfire-mapped.
A planning-constraint profile of Sheep Hills
(Yarriambiack, VIC) - 142.33 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
142.33 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sheep Hills's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Sheep Hills at a glance
How Sheep Hills is zoned
Selling in Sheep Hills? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 142.33 km², Sheep Hills 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. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 104,746 m² across 338 parcels.
Who lives in Sheep Hills
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sheep Hills 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 1013, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarriambiack, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sheep Hills. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sheep Hills itself.
8,114 in 2001 to 6,246 in 2025, down 23%.
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.
Sheep Hills 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | 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.
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Sheep Hills planning - frequently asked
Is Sheep Hills flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Sheep Hills and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 6%).
Is Sheep Hills bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Sheep Hills is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarriambiack average of 100%.
What is the zoning in Sheep Hills?
The dominant planning zone in Sheep Hills is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).
Does Sheep Hills have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sheep Hills.
What is the typical lot size in Sheep Hills?
Across 338 surveyed parcels in Sheep Hills, the median lot size is about 104,746 m². There are also 54 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Sheep Hills have a train station?
There is no train station inside Sheep Hills itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
Is Sheep Hills an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sheep Hills scores 1013 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boolite | 11.8 km | 4% | 100% |
| Kellalac | 13.0 km | 4% | 100% |
| Minyip | 14.6 km | 2% | 100% |
| Kewell | 16.3 km | 4% | 100% |
| Warracknabeal | 16.8 km | 4% | 99% |
| Lawler Buloke |
17.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Areegra | 17.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bangerang | 18.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Carron Buloke |
20.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Watchem West Buloke |
24.7 km | <1% | 100% |