Snake Valley flood map & planning overlays
Snake Valley holds 55 heritage places and ties for top rent, joint $250.
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A planning-constraint profile of Snake Valley
(Pyrenees, VIC) - 57.62 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
57.62 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Snake Valley'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 Snake Valley
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 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.
Snake Valley at a glance
How Snake Valley is zoned
Selling in Snake Valley? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 57.62 km², Snake Valley 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. There are 55 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 20,665 m² across 903 parcels.
Who lives in Snake Valley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Snake Valley 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 923, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Snake Valley's 820 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaufort, the wider ABS statistical area containing Snake Valley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Snake Valley itself.
3,809 in 2001 to 4,816 in 2025, up 26%.
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.
Snake Valley 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 Snake Valley 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 10% of Snake Valley. 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 Snake Valley lot.
Snake Valley planning - frequently asked
Is Snake Valley flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Snake Valley and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 14%).
Is Snake Valley bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Snake Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Pyrenees average of 100%.
Is Snake Valley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Snake Valley, and over about 56% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Snake Valley?
The dominant planning zone in Snake Valley is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Snake Valley have heritage-listed places?
Snake Valley has 55 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Snake Valley?
Across 903 surveyed parcels in Snake Valley, the median lot size is about 20,665 m². There are also 67 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Snake Valley have a train station?
There is no train station inside Snake Valley itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Snake Valley?
At the 2021 Census Snake Valley had 820 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Beaufort statistical area, which contains Snake Valley, went from 3,809 people in 2001 to 4,816 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Snake Valley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Snake Valley scores 923 and sits in decile 2 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 Snake Valley?
Median household income in Snake Valley was $1,226 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Pyrenees. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,275 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 5.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Carngham | 5.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Chepstowe | 8.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Smythesdale Golden Plains |
9.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Linton Golden Plains |
9.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Scarsdale Golden Plains |
10.5 km | 3% | 100% |
| Bo Peep | 10.9 km | 4% | 100% |
| Haddon Golden Plains |
11.4 km | 10% | 100% |
| Pittong Golden Plains |
11.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Mena Park | 11.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |