Barunah Park flood map & planning overlays
Barunah Park's 121 ha lots are Golden Plains' biggest.
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A planning-constraint profile of Barunah Park
(Golden Plains, VIC) - 85.5 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
85.5 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barunah Park'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 Barunah Park
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 4,000 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.
Barunah Park at a glance
How Barunah Park is zoned
Selling in Barunah Park? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 85.5 km², Barunah Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,210,174 m² across 47 parcels.
Who lives in Barunah Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Barunah Park 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 950, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Golden Plains - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Barunah Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Barunah Park itself.
5,111 in 2001 to 8,954 in 2025, up 75%.
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.
Barunah Park 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 Barunah Park 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 43% of Barunah Park. 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 Barunah Park lot.
Barunah Park planning - frequently asked
Is Barunah Park flood-prone?
About 6% of Barunah Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Barunah Park bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Barunah Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Golden Plains average of 100%.
Is Barunah Park under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 43% of Barunah Park, and over about 67% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 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 Barunah Park?
The dominant planning zone in Barunah Park is Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Barunah Park have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Barunah Park.
What is the typical lot size in Barunah Park?
Across 47 surveyed parcels in Barunah Park, the median lot size is about 1,210,174 m². There are also 94 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Barunah Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Barunah Park scores 950 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barunah Plains Colac Otway |
6.1 km | 10% | 100% |
| Wingeel Colac Otway |
7.4 km | 13% | 100% |
| Hesse | 9.5 km | 8% | 100% |
| Shelford | 10.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| Rokewood | 11.9 km | 5% | 100% |
| Weering Colac Otway |
13.7 km | 30% | 100% |
| Cressy Colac Otway |
14.6 km | 24% | 100% |
| Eurack Colac Otway |
17.4 km | 63% | 96% |
| Corindhap | 17.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Bamganie | 18.3 km | 4% | 100% |