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Spring Gully flood map & planning overlays

Spring Gully houses 3,092 people with 18 heritage places, 99% bushfire.

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A planning-constraint profile of Spring Gully (Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 7.83 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Spring Gully'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Spring Gully

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
16%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
5,500 ft
averaging 7,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.

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.

Spring Gully at a glance

Parcels 1,855 Median lot 742 m² Mapped easements 692 Bus stops 16

How Spring Gully is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 35%
General Residential Zone (GRZ) 24%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 21%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 9%
Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) 5%
Public Use Zone (PUZ7) 4%

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

Across its 7.83 km², Spring Gully is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 18 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 742 m² across 1,855 parcels.

Who lives in Spring Gully

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

Population
3,092
usual residents, 2021
Median age
45
years
Median household income
$1,543
per week, Greater Bendigo suburb typical $1,543
Median rent
$290
per week, Greater Bendigo suburb typical $287
Median mortgage
$1,454
per month
Household size
2.3
people, average

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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1008, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Spring Gully's 3,092 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.1%
5-14 13.6%
15-19 6.1%
20-24 4.5%
25-34 9.5%
35-44 11.8%
45-54 12.3%
55-64 14.4%
65-74 12.4%
75-84 7.8%
85+ 3.5%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

8,823 in 2001 to 9,534 in 2025, up 8%.

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.

Spring Gully 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 25 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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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Spring Gully planning - frequently asked

Is Spring Gully flood-prone?

About 4% of Spring Gully falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.

Is Spring Gully bushfire-prone?

Around 99% of Spring Gully is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.

Is Spring Gully under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 16% of Spring Gully in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Spring Gully?

The dominant planning zone in Spring Gully is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).

Does Spring Gully have heritage-listed places?

Spring Gully has 18 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Spring Gully?

Across 1,855 surveyed parcels in Spring Gully, the median lot size is about 742 m². There are also 692 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Spring Gully have a train station?

There is no train station inside Spring Gully itself. The suburb is served by 16 bus stops.

What is the population of Spring Gully?

At the 2021 Census Spring Gully had 3,092 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Flora Hill - Spring Gully statistical area, which contains Spring Gully, went from 8,823 people in 2001 to 9,534 in 2025, up 8%.

Is Spring Gully an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Spring Gully scores 1008 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Spring Gully?

Median household income in Spring Gully was $1,543 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,454 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Flora Hill 1.9 km 2% 51%
Golden Gully 2.2 km 1% 100%
Quarry Hill 2.7 km 4% 52%
Mandurang 3.0 km 9% 100%
Kennington 3.1 km 5% 32%
Golden Square 4.1 km 7% 46%
Kangaroo Flat 4.3 km 9% 80%
Strathdale 4.4 km 4% 56%
Bendigo 4.9 km 22% <1%
Ironbark 5.4 km Not mapped 30%

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