Swifts Creek flood map & planning overlays
Swifts Creek counts 9 heritage places, joint 5th in East Gippsland.
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A planning-constraint profile of Swifts Creek
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 286.58 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
286.58 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Swifts Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Swifts Creek
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.
Swifts Creek at a glance
How Swifts Creek is zoned
Selling in Swifts Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 286.58 km², Swifts Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 21,118 m² across 684 parcels.
Who lives in Swifts Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Swifts Creek 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 979, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Swifts Creek's 232 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bruthen - Omeo, the wider ABS statistical area containing Swifts Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Swifts Creek itself.
6,909 in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
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.
Swifts Creek 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 Swifts Creek address
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Swifts Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Swifts Creek flood-prone?
About 1% of Swifts Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Swifts Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Swifts Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Swifts Creek under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Swifts Creek in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Swifts Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Swifts Creek is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Swifts Creek have heritage-listed places?
Swifts Creek has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Swifts Creek?
Across 684 surveyed parcels in Swifts Creek, the median lot size is about 21,118 m². There are also 59 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Swifts Creek have a train station?
There is no train station inside Swifts Creek itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Swifts Creek?
At the 2021 Census Swifts Creek had 232 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Bruthen - Omeo statistical area, which contains Swifts Creek, went from 6,909 people in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Swifts Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Swifts Creek scores 979 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Swifts Creek?
Median household income in Swifts Creek was $1,412 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $120 a week and the median mortgage repayment $975 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors Flat | 6.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tongio | 10.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Ensay North | 10.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cassilis | 14.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Brookville | 15.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Ensay | 15.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Nunniong | 16.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bindi | 17.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Omeo | 22.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Reedy Flat | 23.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |