Apsley flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Apsley shares West Wimmera's oldest median, 55, as a joint top.
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A planning-constraint profile of Apsley
(West Wimmera, VIC) - 332.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
332.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Apsley'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 Apsley
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
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.
Apsley at a glance
How Apsley is zoned
Selling in Apsley? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 332.17 km², Apsley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 80,093 m² across 675 parcels.
Who lives in Apsley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Apsley 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 930, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Apsley's 329 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of West Wimmera, the wider ABS statistical area containing Apsley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Apsley itself.
3,353 in 2001 to 2,656 in 2025, down 21%.
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.
Apsley 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 Apsley 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 →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 Apsley lot.
Apsley planning - frequently asked
Is Apsley flood-prone?
About 8% of Apsley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Apsley bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Apsley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a West Wimmera average of 100%.
Is Apsley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Apsley in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Apsley?
The dominant planning zone in Apsley is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Apsley have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Apsley.
What is the typical lot size in Apsley?
Across 675 surveyed parcels in Apsley, the median lot size is about 80,093 m². There are also 81 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Apsley have a train station?
There is no train station inside Apsley itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Apsley?
At the 2021 Census Apsley had 329 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider West Wimmera statistical area, which contains Apsley, went from 3,353 people in 2001 to 2,656 in 2025, down 21%.
Is Apsley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Apsley scores 930 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Apsley?
Median household income in Apsley was $1,231 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,587 for the typical suburb in West Wimmera. Median rent was $113 a week and the median mortgage repayment $440 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langkoop | 13.3 km | 7% | 100% |
| Benayeo | 16.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Bringalbert | 16.8 km | 12% | 100% |
| Patyah | 19.2 km | 9% | 100% |
| Poolaijelo | 22.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Edenhope | 22.8 km | 10% | 100% |
| Ozenkadnook | 29.1 km | 6% | 100% |
| Powers Creek | 30.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Ullswater | 30.1 km | 15% | 100% |
| Neuarpurr | 32.1 km | 1% | 100% |