Bamawm flood map & planning overlays
Bamawm keeps 3 ha farms, 16% flood, median 41.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bamawm
(Campaspe, VIC) - 101.45 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
101.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bamawm's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bamawm
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.
Bamawm at a glance
How Bamawm is zoned
Selling in Bamawm? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 101.45 km², Bamawm is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 30,358 m² across 525 parcels.
Who lives in Bamawm
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bamawm 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 Bamawm's 491 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lockington - Gunbower, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bamawm. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bamawm itself.
4,370 in 2001 to 3,950 in 2025, down 10%.
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.
Bamawm 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.
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Bamawm planning - frequently asked
Is Bamawm flood-prone?
About 16% of Bamawm falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%.
Is Bamawm bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Bamawm is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Campaspe average of 98%.
Is Bamawm under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Bamawm in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). 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 Bamawm?
The dominant planning zone in Bamawm is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Bamawm have heritage-listed places?
Bamawm has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bamawm?
Across 525 surveyed parcels in Bamawm, the median lot size is about 30,358 m². There are also 852 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Bamawm?
At the 2021 Census Bamawm had 491 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Lockington - Gunbower statistical area, which contains Bamawm, went from 4,370 people in 2001 to 3,950 in 2025, down 10%.
Is Bamawm an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bamawm 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 Bamawm?
Median household income in Bamawm was $1,440 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,437 for the typical suburb in Campaspe. Median rent was $213 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballendella | 4.8 km | 55% | 100% |
| Echuca West | 10.2 km | 27% | 100% |
| Bamawm Extension | 10.2 km | 18% | 100% |
| Fairy Dell (Rochester) | 11.9 km | 72% | 100% |
| Strathallan | 12.2 km | 72% | 100% |
| Lockington | 12.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Kotta | 12.4 km | 16% | 100% |
| Rochester | 12.5 km | 34% | 97% |
| Diggora | 14.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Echuca | 15.8 km | 52% | 94% |