Woodend flood map & planning overlays
Woodend: 6,732 people and 47 heritage places, 3rd in Macedon Ranges.
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A planning-constraint profile of Woodend
(Macedon Ranges, VIC) - 71.47 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
71.47 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woodend'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 Woodend
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: observed, lowest 2,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Woodend at a glance
How Woodend is zoned
Selling in Woodend? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 71.47 km², Woodend is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 47 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1). The median lot measures about 1,196 m² across 3,573 parcels.
Who lives in Woodend
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woodend 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 1061, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woodend's 6,732 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Woodend, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woodend. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woodend itself.
5,915 in 2001 to 8,084 in 2025, up 37%.
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.
Woodend 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 Woodend 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 20% of Woodend. 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 Woodend lot.
Woodend planning - frequently asked
Is Woodend flood-prone?
About 14% of Woodend falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Woodend bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Woodend is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 99%.
Is Woodend under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 20% of Woodend, and over about 67% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Woodend?
The dominant planning zone in Woodend is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Woodend have heritage-listed places?
Woodend has 47 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Woodend?
Across 3,573 surveyed parcels in Woodend, the median lot size is about 1,196 m². There are also 1,988 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Woodend have a train station?
Yes - Woodend has 1 train station: Woodend Station. It is also served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Woodend?
At the 2021 Census Woodend had 6,732 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Woodend statistical area, which contains Woodend, went from 5,915 people in 2001 to 8,084 in 2025, up 37%.
Is Woodend an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woodend scores 1061 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Woodend?
Median household income in Woodend was $2,104 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,090 for the typical suburb in Macedon Ranges. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodend North | 5.1 km | 24% | 100% |
| Mount Macedon | 5.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Macedon | 6.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cadello | 7.2 km | 9% | 100% |
| Ashbourne | 7.8 km | 8% | 100% |
| Hesket | 9.1 km | 3% | 100% |
| Carlsruhe | 9.4 km | 14% | 100% |
| Fern Hill Hepburn |
10.4 km | 20% | 100% |
| Cherokee | 10.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Newham | 10.7 km | 2% | 100% |