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Woodside Beach flood map & planning overlays

Woodside Beach skews older, a median of 58, joint 6th in Wellington.

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A planning-constraint profile of Woodside Beach (Wellington, VIC) - 6.3 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 Woodside Beach'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 Woodside Beach

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
10%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
4,000 ft
averaging 6,500 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.

Woodside Beach at a glance

Parcels 147 Median lot 3,577 m² Mapped easements 10

How Woodside Beach is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 70%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 21%
Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ) 4%
Township Zone (TZ) 3%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%

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

Across its 6.3 km², Woodside Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 3,577 m² across 147 parcels.

Who lives in Woodside Beach

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

Population
114
usual residents, 2021
Median age
58
years
Median household income
$1,083
per week, Wellington suburb typical $1,357
Median rent
$236
per week, Wellington suburb typical $240
Median mortgage
$1,517
per month
Household size
2.1
people, average

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 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 922, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Woodside Beach's 114 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.1%
5-14 10.2%
15-19 7.1%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 7.9%
35-44 7.1%
45-54 17.3%
55-64 26.8%
65-74 18.1%
75-84 2.4%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

5,686 in 2001 to 5,587 in 2025, down 2%.

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.

Woodside Beach 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.

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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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Woodside Beach planning - frequently asked

Is Woodside Beach flood-prone?

About 12% of Woodside Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.

Is Woodside Beach bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Woodside Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.

Is Woodside Beach under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 10% of Woodside Beach in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 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 Woodside Beach?

The dominant planning zone in Woodside Beach is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ).

Does Woodside Beach have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Woodside Beach.

What is the typical lot size in Woodside Beach?

Across 147 surveyed parcels in Woodside Beach, the median lot size is about 3,577 m². There are also 10 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Woodside Beach?

At the 2021 Census Woodside Beach had 114 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Yarram statistical area, which contains Woodside Beach, went from 5,686 people in 2001 to 5,587 in 2025, down 2%.

Is Woodside Beach an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woodside Beach scores 922 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Woodside Beach?

Median household income in Woodside Beach was $1,083 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,357 for the typical suburb in Wellington. Median rent was $236 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Woodside 6.9 km 14% 98%
Mcloughlins Beach 9.3 km 48% 97%
Darriman 16.6 km 4% 100%
Hunterston 16.7 km 36% 90%
Giffard West 18.3 km Not mapped 100%
Woodside North 19.1 km Not mapped 100%
Manns Beach 20.1 km 43% 34%
Giffard 20.9 km 8% 100%
Tarraville 21.8 km 30% 100%
Won Wron 22.7 km 6% 100%

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