Swan Reach flood map & planning overlays
Swan Reach keeps 9,820 m² farm lots, 9.5% flood, median 51.
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A planning-constraint profile of Swan Reach
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 37.83 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
37.83 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Swan Reach'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 Swan Reach
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
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.
Swan Reach at a glance
How Swan Reach is zoned
Selling in Swan Reach? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 37.83 km², Swan Reach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 9,820 m² across 507 parcels.
Who lives in Swan Reach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Swan Reach 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 934, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Swan Reach's 861 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lakes Entrance, the wider ABS statistical area containing Swan Reach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Swan Reach itself.
8,343 in 2001 to 11,331 in 2025, up 36%.
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.
Swan Reach 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 Swan Reach 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 Swan Reach lot.
Swan Reach planning - frequently asked
Is Swan Reach flood-prone?
About 10% of Swan Reach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Swan Reach bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Swan Reach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Swan Reach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 10% of Swan Reach 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 Swan Reach?
The dominant planning zone in Swan Reach is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ2) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Swan Reach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Swan Reach.
What is the typical lot size in Swan Reach?
Across 507 surveyed parcels in Swan Reach, the median lot size is about 9,820 m². There are also 416 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Swan Reach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Swan Reach itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Swan Reach?
At the 2021 Census Swan Reach had 861 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Lakes Entrance statistical area, which contains Swan Reach, went from 8,343 people in 2001 to 11,331 in 2025, up 36%.
Is Swan Reach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Swan Reach scores 934 and sits in decile 3 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 Swan Reach?
Median household income in Swan Reach was $1,074 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nungurner | 4.4 km | <1% | 100% |
| Bumberrah | 4.5 km | 3% | 100% |
| Kalimna West | 5.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Johnsonville | 5.8 km | 15% | 100% |
| Tambo Upper | 5.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| Metung | 8.2 km | 66% | 37% |
| Mossiface | 9.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Nyerimilang | 9.5 km | 73% | 51% |
| Kalimna | 9.6 km | 13% | 88% |
| Nicholson | 11.3 km | 16% | 95% |