Balmattum flood map & planning overlays
Balmattum's 15 ha farms carry 9 heritage places and 25.9% flood.
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A planning-constraint profile of Balmattum
(Strathbogie, VIC) - 90.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
90.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Balmattum'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 Balmattum
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.
Balmattum at a glance
How Balmattum is zoned
Selling in Balmattum? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 90.02 km², Balmattum is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 151,548 m² across 370 parcels.
Who lives in Balmattum
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Balmattum 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 1016, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Balmattum's 135 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Euroa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Balmattum. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Balmattum itself.
6,188 in 2001 to 6,880 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Balmattum 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 Balmattum 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 Balmattum lot.
Balmattum planning - frequently asked
Is Balmattum flood-prone?
About 26% of Balmattum falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 29%.
Is Balmattum bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Balmattum is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Strathbogie average of 100%.
Is Balmattum under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Balmattum in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 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 Balmattum?
The dominant planning zone in Balmattum is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Public Use Zone (PUZ7).
Does Balmattum have heritage-listed places?
Balmattum has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Balmattum?
Across 370 surveyed parcels in Balmattum, the median lot size is about 151,548 m². There are also 34 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Balmattum?
At the 2021 Census Balmattum had 135 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Euroa statistical area, which contains Balmattum, went from 6,188 people in 2001 to 6,880 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Balmattum an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Balmattum scores 1016 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Balmattum?
Median household income in Balmattum was $1,458 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Strathbogie. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,947 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheans Creek | 7.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Riggs Creek | 8.0 km | 62% | 100% |
| Marraweeney | 9.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Euroa | 9.5 km | 39% | 99% |
| Violet Town | 11.3 km | 49% | 100% |
| Kithbrook | 12.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Moglonemby | 12.2 km | 78% | 100% |
| Kelvin View | 13.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Boho | 13.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Tamleugh | 15.3 km | 36% | 100% |