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The Gurdies flood & bushfire risk

Of The Gurdies’s 184 mapped properties, 0.5% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, The Gurdies’s flood exposure is below the VIC average of 6.4%, and bushfire exposure is above the VIC average of 18.2%.

Check a specific The Gurdies address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0.5%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
184
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in The Gurdies

Flood and bushfire areas across The Gurdies. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near The Gurdies

The Gurdies sits in the Bass Coast council area, which recorded 2,444 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 2,444 total. Figures are for the whole Bass Coast council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in The Gurdies

The Gurdies is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural44% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: FARMING ZONE

Township35.9% of properties

Township — small-town mix of homes, shops and local services.

Zone: TOWNSHIP ZONE

Rural residential14.7% of properties

Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.

Zone: RURAL LIVING ZONE

School catchments in The Gurdies

PrimaryBass Valley Primary School · Nyora Primary School
SecondaryBass Coast College · Koo Wee Rup Secondary College · Korumburra Secondary College

The Gurdies can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in The Gurdies

At the 2021 Census, 18.9% of The Gurdies’s 243 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English53.1%
Australian30.5%
Irish14.8%
Scottish10.3%
Italian3.3%
German2.9%

Top countries of birth

England11.5%
New Zealand3.3%
India1.6%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near The Gurdies

Bass Coast council approved 394 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

394
Dwellings/yr
374
Houses
20
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Bass Coast council area (not just The Gurdies). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific The Gurdies address:

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.