Sulky flood map & planning overlays
Flood, bushfire and zoning for any Sulky address. Free map, PDF report from $9.
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Sulky households earn $2,250, behind only Mount Franklin in Hepburn.
A planning-constraint profile of Sulky
(Hepburn, VIC) - 9.68 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
9.68 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sulky'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 Sulky
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: 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.
Sulky at a glance
How Sulky is zoned
Selling in Sulky? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 9.68 km², Sulky is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits 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 36,936 m² across 173 parcels.
Who lives in Sulky
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sulky 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 1023, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Sulky's 234 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Creswick - Clunes, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sulky. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sulky itself.
7,467 in 2001 to 8,038 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.
Sulky 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 Sulky 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 24% of Sulky. 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 Sulky lot.
Sulky planning - frequently asked
Is Sulky flood-prone?
About 8% of Sulky falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Sulky bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Sulky is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hepburn average of 100%.
Is Sulky under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Sulky, and over about 66% 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 4,000 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 Sulky?
The dominant planning zone in Sulky is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ1) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Sulky have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sulky.
What is the typical lot size in Sulky?
Across 173 surveyed parcels in Sulky, the median lot size is about 36,936 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Sulky have a train station?
There is no train station inside Sulky itself. The suburb is served by 9 bus stops.
What is the population of Sulky?
At the 2021 Census Sulky had 234 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Creswick - Clunes statistical area, which contains Sulky, went from 7,467 people in 2001 to 8,038 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Sulky an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sulky scores 1023 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Sulky?
Median household income in Sulky was $2,250 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,400 for the typical suburb in Hepburn. Median rent was $203 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hills Ballarat |
2.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Chapel Flat Ballarat |
3.7 km | <1% | 100% |
| Cabbage Tree | 3.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Invermay Ballarat |
4.7 km | 15% | 100% |
| Creswick | 4.9 km | 9% | 100% |
| Mount Rowan Ballarat |
5.0 km | 18% | 100% |
| Miners Rest Ballarat |
6.6 km | 26% | 95% |
| Blowhard Ballarat |
7.5 km | 13% | 100% |
| Glen Park Ballarat |
7.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Wattle Flat Moorabool |
7.7 km | <1% | 100% |