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Woods Point flood map & planning overlays

Woods Point has Mansfield's smallest lots, 770 m², and 20 heritage places.

A planning-constraint profile of Woods Point (Mansfield, VIC) - 230.9 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woods Point'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Woods Point

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
2%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
5,500 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.

Woods Point at a glance

Parcels 294 Median lot 770 m² Mapped easements 6 Bus stops 1

How Woods Point is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 100%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%
Township Zone (TZ) 0%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 0%
Farming Zone (FZ) 0%
Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ) 0%

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

Across its 230.9 km², Woods Point is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 770 m² across 294 parcels.

Who lives in Woods Point

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

Population
33
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 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 937, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Mansfield (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Woods Point. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woods Point itself.

6,907 in 2001 to 11,324 in 2025, up 64%.

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.

Woods Point data sources and coverage

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

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap 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.

Check a specific Woods Point address

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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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Woods Point planning - frequently asked

Is Woods Point flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Woods Point and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 7%).

Is Woods Point bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Woods Point is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mansfield average of 99%.

Is Woods Point under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Woods Point in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Woods Point?

The dominant planning zone in Woods Point is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Township Zone (TZ).

Does Woods Point have heritage-listed places?

Woods Point has 20 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Woods Point?

Across 294 surveyed parcels in Woods Point, the median lot size is about 770 m². There are also 6 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Woods Point have a train station?

There is no train station inside Woods Point itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.

Is Woods Point an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woods Point scores 937 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Matlock 9.0 km Not mapped 100%
Gaffneys Creek 10.6 km Not mapped 100%
Jericho
Baw Baw
16.0 km Not mapped 100%
Aberfeldy
Baw Baw
16.1 km Not mapped 100%
Licola North
Wellington
16.3 km Not mapped 100%
Knockwood 17.0 km Not mapped 100%
Licola
Wellington
20.6 km Not mapped 100%
Toombon
Baw Baw
22.2 km Not mapped 100%
Thomson (Mount Baw Baw)
Baw Baw
22.6 km 14% 100%
Enochs Point 24.6 km Not mapped 100%

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