Athlone flood map & planning overlays
Athlone has Baw Baw's youngest crowd, median 33, and 22.8% flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Athlone
(Baw Baw, VIC) - 28.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
28.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Athlone'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 Athlone
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
typical observed square 0 a day
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.
Athlone at a glance
How Athlone is zoned
Selling in Athlone? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 28.87 km², Athlone is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 23% 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 120,430 m² across 129 parcels.
Who lives in Athlone
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Athlone 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 963, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Athlone's 147 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Drouin, the wider ABS statistical area containing Athlone. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Athlone itself.
9,882 in 2001 to 22,118 in 2025, up 124%.
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.
Athlone 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 Athlone 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Athlone. 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 Athlone lot.
Athlone planning - frequently asked
Is Athlone flood-prone?
About 23% of Athlone falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 11%.
Is Athlone bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Athlone is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 99%.
Is Athlone under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Athlone, and over about 61% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Athlone?
The dominant planning zone in Athlone is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Athlone have heritage-listed places?
Athlone has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Athlone?
Across 129 surveyed parcels in Athlone, the median lot size is about 120,430 m². There are also 94 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Athlone have a train station?
There is no train station inside Athlone itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Athlone?
At the 2021 Census Athlone had 147 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Drouin statistical area, which contains Athlone, went from 9,882 people in 2001 to 22,118 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Athlone an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Athlone scores 963 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Athlone?
Median household income in Athlone was $1,803 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,614 for the typical suburb in Baw Baw. Median rent was $231 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poowong North South Gippsland |
4.6 km | 12% | 100% |
| Hallora | 4.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Ripplebrook | 5.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Heath Hill Cardinia |
7.0 km | 15% | 100% |
| Drouin South | 7.1 km | 4% | 100% |
| Torwood | 7.7 km | 1% | 100% |
| Lardner | 8.1 km | 11% | 100% |
| Modella | 9.3 km | 93% | 100% |
| Mountain View | 9.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Tetoora Road | 9.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |