Sunset Strip zoning & planning overlays
Sunset Strip is Bass Coast's youngest (38) and ties for top rent.
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A planning-constraint profile of Sunset Strip
(Bass Coast, VIC) - 0.43 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
0.43 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sunset Strip's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Sunset Strip
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.
Sunset Strip at a glance
How Sunset Strip is zoned
Selling in Sunset Strip? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 0.43 km², Sunset Strip is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 47% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 651 m² across 391 parcels.
Who lives in Sunset Strip
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sunset Strip 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 899, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Sunset Strip's 503 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Phillip Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sunset Strip. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sunset Strip itself.
7,361 in 2001 to 14,795 in 2025, up 101%.
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.
Sunset Strip data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 Sunset Strip 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 69% of Sunset Strip. 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 Sunset Strip lot.
Sunset Strip planning - frequently asked
Is Sunset Strip flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Sunset Strip, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Bass Coast is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Sunset Strip bushfire-prone?
Around 47% of Sunset Strip is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bass Coast average of 93%.
Is Sunset Strip under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 69% of Sunset Strip, and over about 86% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Sunset Strip?
The dominant planning zone in Sunset Strip is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Sunset Strip have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sunset Strip.
What is the typical lot size in Sunset Strip?
Across 391 surveyed parcels in Sunset Strip, the median lot size is about 651 m². There are also 65 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Sunset Strip have a train station?
There is no train station inside Sunset Strip itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Sunset Strip?
At the 2021 Census Sunset Strip had 503 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Phillip Island statistical area, which contains Sunset Strip, went from 7,361 people in 2001 to 14,795 in 2025, up 101%.
Is Sunset Strip an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sunset Strip scores 899 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Sunset Strip?
Median household income in Sunset Strip was $1,009 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,286 for the typical suburb in Bass Coast. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,448 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland Bay | 1.1 km | <1% | 87% |
| Smiths Beach | 1.2 km | 2% | 71% |
| Rhyll | 1.8 km | 14% | 94% |
| Surf Beach | 2.5 km | 11% | 81% |
| Wimbledon Heights | 3.2 km | Not mapped | 39% |
| Cowes | 3.8 km | 1% | 68% |
| Silverleaves | 4.7 km | 94% | 82% |
| Newhaven | 6.3 km | 14% | 94% |
| Churchill Island | 6.4 km | 21% | 90% |
| Ventnor | 7.1 km | 1% | 96% |