Ballan flood map & planning overlays
Ballan: 3,392 residents and 61 heritage places, on 1,372 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ballan
(Moorabool, VIC) - 147.24 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
147.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ballan'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 Ballan
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: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Ballan at a glance
How Ballan is zoned
Selling in Ballan? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 147.24 km², Ballan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 7% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 61 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,372 m² across 2,752 parcels.
Who lives in Ballan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ballan 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 973, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ballan's 3,392 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bacchus Marsh Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ballan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ballan itself.
4,900 in 2001 to 6,770 in 2025, up 38%.
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.
Ballan 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 Ballan 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 23% of Ballan. 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 Ballan lot.
Ballan planning - frequently asked
Is Ballan flood-prone?
About 7% of Ballan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Ballan bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Ballan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.
Is Ballan under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 23% of Ballan, and over about 77% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Ballan?
The dominant planning zone in Ballan is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Ballan have heritage-listed places?
Ballan has 61 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Ballan?
Across 2,752 surveyed parcels in Ballan, the median lot size is about 1,372 m². There are also 1,315 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ballan have a train station?
Yes - Ballan has 1 train station: Ballan Station. It is also served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Ballan?
At the 2021 Census Ballan had 3,392 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Bacchus Marsh Surrounds statistical area, which contains Ballan, went from 4,900 people in 2001 to 6,770 in 2025, up 38%.
Is Ballan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ballan scores 973 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ballan?
Median household income in Ballan was $1,560 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,798 for the typical suburb in Moorabool. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colbrook | 7.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Myrniong | 8.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Bunding | 8.2 km | 6% | 100% |
| Fiskville | 9.0 km | 7% | 100% |
| Mount Egerton | 9.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Gordon | 10.1 km | 8% | 100% |
| Ingliston | 10.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Korobeit | 11.7 km | 1% | 100% |
| Dales Creek | 11.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bungal | 12.5 km | 9% | 100% |