Balmoral flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Balmoral keeps 36 heritage places and a median of 53 (joint 3rd).
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A planning-constraint profile of Balmoral
(Southern Grampians, VIC) - 242.79 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
242.79 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Balmoral's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Balmoral
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 to
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.
Balmoral at a glance
How Balmoral is zoned
Selling in Balmoral? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 242.79 km², Balmoral is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 36 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 26,699 m² across 734 parcels.
Who lives in Balmoral
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Balmoral 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 938, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Balmoral's 281 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Southern Grampians, the wider ABS statistical area containing Balmoral. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Balmoral itself.
6,728 in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.
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.
Balmoral 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 29 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Balmoral planning - frequently asked
Is Balmoral flood-prone?
About 1% of Balmoral falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%.
Is Balmoral bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Balmoral is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Southern Grampians average of 100%.
Is Balmoral under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Balmoral in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Balmoral?
The dominant planning zone in Balmoral is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Balmoral have heritage-listed places?
Balmoral has 36 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Balmoral?
Across 734 surveyed parcels in Balmoral, the median lot size is about 26,699 m². There are also 98 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Balmoral?
At the 2021 Census Balmoral had 281 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Southern Grampians statistical area, which contains Balmoral, went from 6,728 people in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.
Is Balmoral an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Balmoral scores 938 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 Balmoral?
Median household income in Balmoral was $1,211 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Southern Grampians. Median rent was $100 a week and the median mortgage repayment $702 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanagulk Horsham |
11.0 km | 11% | 100% |
| Englefield | 12.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Vasey | 13.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Pigeon Ponds | 16.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Rocklands | 17.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Culla | 19.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Telangatuk East Horsham |
19.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Harrow West Wimmera |
20.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Gatum | 22.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Coojar | 22.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |