Cardigan Village flood map & planning overlays
Cardigan Village is a young crowd, median 32, earning $2,200.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cardigan Village
(Ballarat, VIC) - 0.8 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
0.8 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cardigan Village'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 Cardigan Village
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 1 a day
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.
Cardigan Village at a glance
How Cardigan Village is zoned
Selling in Cardigan Village? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 0.8 km², Cardigan Village is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 21% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Township Zone (TZ). The median lot measures about 1,962 m² across 229 parcels.
Who lives in Cardigan Village
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cardigan Village 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 Cardigan Village's 957 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Alfredton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cardigan Village. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cardigan Village itself.
5,756 in 2001 to 20,825 in 2025, up 262%.
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.
Cardigan Village 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 Cardigan Village 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 25% of Cardigan Village. 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 Cardigan Village lot.
Cardigan Village planning - frequently asked
Is Cardigan Village flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Cardigan Village and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 8%).
Is Cardigan Village bushfire-prone?
Around 21% of Cardigan Village is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ballarat average of 68%.
Is Cardigan Village under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 25% of Cardigan Village, and over about 32% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 4,000 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 Cardigan Village?
The dominant planning zone in Cardigan Village is Township Zone (TZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Cardigan Village have heritage-listed places?
Cardigan Village has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cardigan Village?
Across 229 surveyed parcels in Cardigan Village, the median lot size is about 1,962 m². There are also 75 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cardigan Village?
At the 2021 Census Cardigan Village had 957 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Alfredton statistical area, which contains Cardigan Village, went from 5,756 people in 2001 to 20,825 in 2025, up 262%.
Is Cardigan Village an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cardigan Village 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 Cardigan Village?
Median household income in Cardigan Village was $2,200 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,680 for the typical suburb in Ballarat. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,923 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere | 3.6 km | 25% | 100% |
| Cardigan | 3.7 km | 3% | 99% |
| Bo Peep Pyrenees |
5.0 km | 4% | 100% |
| Mitchell Park | 6.0 km | 10% | 76% |
| Lucas | 6.6 km | Not mapped | 63% |
| Bunkers Hill | 7.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Burrumbeet | 7.6 km | 27% | 100% |
| Haddon Golden Plains |
7.9 km | 10% | 100% |
| Miners Rest | 8.4 km | 26% | 95% |
| Alfredton | 9.0 km | Not mapped | 2% |