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Upton Hill zoning & planning overlays

Upton Hill's 56 ha lots are the biggest of 40 in Strathbogie.

A planning-constraint profile of Upton Hill (Strathbogie, VIC) - 24.03 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.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Upton Hill'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Upton Hill

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

Under observed aircraft
6%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
5,000 ft
averaging 7,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Upton Hill at a glance

Parcels 36 Median lot 561,409 m² Mapped easements 26

How Upton Hill is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 93%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 7%

Selling in Upton Hill? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 24.03 km², Upton Hill 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, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 561,409 m² across 36 parcels.

Who lives in Upton Hill

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Upton Hill suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
29
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1067, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Nagambie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Upton Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Upton Hill itself.

3,311 in 2001 to 4,936 in 2025, up 49%.

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.

Upton Hill data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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.

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Upton Hill planning - frequently asked

Is Upton Hill flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Upton Hill, 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. Strathbogie is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.

Is Upton Hill bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Upton Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Strathbogie average of 100%.

Is Upton Hill under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 6% of Upton Hill in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,000 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 Upton Hill?

The dominant planning zone in Upton Hill is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).

Does Upton Hill have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Upton Hill.

What is the typical lot size in Upton Hill?

Across 36 surveyed parcels in Upton Hill, the median lot size is about 561,409 m². There are also 26 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Upton Hill an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Upton Hill scores 1067 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Longwood East 7.9 km 12% 100%
Avenel 9.4 km 4% 100%
Longwood 9.7 km 40% 100%
Locksley 9.7 km 33% 100%
Ruffy 9.9 km Not mapped 100%
Creightons Creek 10.1 km 1% 100%
Tarcombe 11.3 km <1% 100%
Dropmore
Murrindindi
16.4 km Not mapped 100%
Gooram 17.3 km <1% 100%
Pranjip 17.7 km 94% 100%

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