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Sidonia flood map & planning overlays

Sidonia: 15 ha farms, 14.1% flood, total bushfire cover.

A planning-constraint profile of Sidonia (Macedon Ranges, VIC) - 43.16 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sidonia'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 Sidonia

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

Under observed aircraft
54%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 6,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
±32% · area average
typical observed square 1 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 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.

Sidonia at a glance

Parcels 127 Median lot 145,714 m² Mapped easements 5

How Sidonia is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 99%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 1%
Public Use Zone (PUZ7) 0%
Farming Zone (FZ1) 0%

Selling in Sidonia? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 43.16 km², Sidonia is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 145,714 m² across 127 parcels.

Who lives in Sidonia

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sidonia suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
28
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1084, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Kyneton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sidonia. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sidonia itself.

7,941 in 2001 to 10,665 in 2025, up 34%.

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.

Sidonia data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Sidonia 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 Sidonia lot.

Sidonia planning - frequently asked

Is Sidonia flood-prone?

About 14% of Sidonia falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.

Is Sidonia bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Sidonia is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 99%.

Is Sidonia under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 54% of Sidonia in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Sidonia?

The dominant planning zone in Sidonia is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ7).

Does Sidonia have heritage-listed places?

Sidonia has 3 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Sidonia?

Across 127 surveyed parcels in Sidonia, the median lot size is about 145,714 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Sidonia an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sidonia scores 1084 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Langley
Mount Alexander
5.2 km 13% 100%
Pastoria 6.0 km 6% 100%
Pastoria East 6.5 km 8% 100%
Baynton 8.5 km 8% 100%
Barfold
Mount Alexander
8.5 km 13% 100%
Edgecombe 9.0 km 14% 100%
Metcalfe East
Mount Alexander
9.3 km 3% 100%
Pipers Creek 9.8 km 4% 100%
Glenhope
Mitchell
10.9 km 6% 100%
Greenhill 11.0 km 11% 100%

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