Belmont flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Belmont holds 112 heritage places for 15,066 residents.
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A planning-constraint profile of Belmont
(Greater Geelong, VIC) - 9.16 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
9.16 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Belmont'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 Belmont
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 1,000 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.
Belmont at a glance
How Belmont is zoned
Selling in Belmont? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 9.16 km², Belmont is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 112 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ8). The median lot measures about 595 m² across 8,308 parcels.
Who lives in Belmont
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Belmont 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 995, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Belmont's 15,066 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Belmont, the wider ABS statistical area containing Belmont. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Belmont itself.
14,160 in 2001 to 15,227 in 2025, up 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.
Belmont 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 Belmont 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 80% of Belmont. 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 Belmont lot.
Belmont planning - frequently asked
Is Belmont flood-prone?
About 30% of Belmont falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Belmont bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Belmont is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%.
Is Belmont under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 80% of Belmont, and over about 84% 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 2,000 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 Belmont?
The dominant planning zone in Belmont is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ8), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ4).
Does Belmont have heritage-listed places?
Belmont has 112 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Belmont?
Across 8,308 surveyed parcels in Belmont, the median lot size is about 595 m². There are also 3,182 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Belmont have a train station?
There is no train station inside Belmont itself. The suburb is served by 62 bus stops.
What is the population of Belmont?
At the 2021 Census Belmont had 15,066 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Belmont statistical area, which contains Belmont, went from 14,160 people in 2001 to 15,227 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Belmont an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Belmont scores 995 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Belmont?
Median household income in Belmont was $1,517 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,670 for the typical suburb in Greater Geelong. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,703 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 2.1 km | 16% | 67% |
| South Geelong | 2.3 km | 34% | <1% |
| Highton | 2.5 km | 11% | 15% |
| Breakwater | 2.7 km | 26% | 30% |
| Grovedale | 2.7 km | 2% | 12% |
| Newtown (Geelong) | 3.0 km | 24% | 11% |
| Thomson (Geelong) | 3.4 km | Not mapped | 0% |
| Geelong | 3.9 km | 6% | 0% |
| Charlemont | 3.9 km | 40% | 83% |
| Wandana Heights | 3.9 km | 5% | 46% |