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Yanakie flood map & planning overlays

Yanakie keeps 2 ha farms with 20.2% flood mapping and a median of 51.

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A planning-constraint profile of Yanakie (South Gippsland, VIC) - 90.71 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 Yanakie'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 Yanakie

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
16%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
1%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
500 ft
averaging 5,000 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.

Yanakie at a glance

Parcels 316 Median lot 24,106 m² Mapped easements 153

How Yanakie is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 88%
Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) 5%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 4%
Special Use Zone (SUZ4) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 0%

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

Across its 90.71 km², Yanakie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 20% 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 Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 24,106 m² across 316 parcels.

Who lives in Yanakie

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

Population
283
usual residents, 2021
Median age
51
years
Median household income
$1,331
per week, South Gippsland suburb typical $1,540
Median rent
$220
per week, South Gippsland suburb typical $255
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.3
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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1014, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Yanakie's 283 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.4%
5-14 13.9%
15-19 8.1%
20-24 4.1%
25-34 7.1%
35-44 7.1%
45-54 15.5%
55-64 18.9%
65-74 17.2%
75-84 4.7%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

8,272 in 2001 to 9,631 in 2025, up 16%.

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.

Yanakie 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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Yanakie planning - frequently asked

Is Yanakie flood-prone?

About 20% of Yanakie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.

Is Yanakie bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Yanakie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a South Gippsland average of 99%.

Is Yanakie under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 16% of Yanakie in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Yanakie?

The dominant planning zone in Yanakie is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).

Does Yanakie have heritage-listed places?

Yanakie has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Yanakie?

Across 316 surveyed parcels in Yanakie, the median lot size is about 24,106 m². There are also 153 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Yanakie?

At the 2021 Census Yanakie had 283 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Foster statistical area, which contains Yanakie, went from 8,272 people in 2001 to 9,631 in 2025, up 16%.

Is Yanakie an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Yanakie scores 1014 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Yanakie?

Median household income in Yanakie was $1,331 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,540 for the typical suburb in South Gippsland. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Sandy Point 6.7 km 42% 90%
Waratah Bay 11.8 km 16% 100%
Fish Creek 13.7 km 1% 100%
Foster 14.0 km 7% 99%
Port Franklin 14.2 km 66% 100%
Bennison 16.4 km 17% 100%
Walkerville 17.6 km <1% 100%
Walkerville North 17.7 km 14% 100%
Walkerville South 18.4 km 5% 100%
Toora 19.1 km 20% 100%

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