Upper Gundowring flood map & planning overlays
Upper Gundowring keeps 9 ha conservation lots, 9.3% flood, median 46.
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A planning-constraint profile of Upper Gundowring
(Alpine, VIC) - 68.25 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
68.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Upper Gundowring's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Upper Gundowring
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 to
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.
Upper Gundowring at a glance
How Upper Gundowring is zoned
Selling in Upper Gundowring? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 68.25 km², Upper Gundowring is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 86,045 m² across 169 parcels.
Who lives in Upper Gundowring
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Upper Gundowring 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 1021, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Upper Gundowring's 120 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bright - Mount Beauty, the wider ABS statistical area containing Upper Gundowring. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Upper Gundowring itself.
8,111 in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Upper Gundowring 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 29 September 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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Upper Gundowring planning - frequently asked
Is Upper Gundowring flood-prone?
About 9% of Upper Gundowring falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Upper Gundowring bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Upper Gundowring is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
Is Upper Gundowring under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Upper Gundowring in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). 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 Upper Gundowring?
The dominant planning zone in Upper Gundowring is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Upper Gundowring have heritage-listed places?
Upper Gundowring has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Upper Gundowring?
Across 169 surveyed parcels in Upper Gundowring, the median lot size is about 86,045 m². There are also 117 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Upper Gundowring?
At the 2021 Census Upper Gundowring had 120 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area, which contains Upper Gundowring, went from 8,111 people in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Upper Gundowring an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Upper Gundowring scores 1021 and sits in decile 7 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 Upper Gundowring?
Median household income in Upper Gundowring was $1,593 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,406 for the typical suburb in Alpine. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Running Creek | 4.9 km | 31% | 100% |
| Dederang | 8.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Mongans Bridge | 9.0 km | 7% | 100% |
| Kergunyah South | 10.2 km | 16% | 100% |
| Kancoona | 10.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Coral Bank | 11.6 km | 8% | 100% |
| Eskdale Towong |
13.0 km | 2% | 100% |
| Glen Creek | 15.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Gundowring Indigo |
16.9 km | 27% | 100% |
| Tallandoon Towong |
17.4 km | 12% | 100% |