Clarendon flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Clarendon is young farm land (39) on 7,924 m² lots, 9.8% flood.
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A planning-constraint profile of Clarendon
(Moorabool, VIC) - 14.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
14.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Clarendon'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 Clarendon
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: 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.
Clarendon at a glance
How Clarendon is zoned
Selling in Clarendon? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 14.75 km², Clarendon is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% 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 7,924 m² across 261 parcels.
Who lives in Clarendon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Clarendon 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 1003, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Clarendon's 163 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gordon (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Clarendon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Clarendon itself.
5,350 in 2001 to 6,557 in 2025, up 23%.
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.
Clarendon 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 Clarendon 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 35% of Clarendon. 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 Clarendon lot.
Clarendon planning - frequently asked
Is Clarendon flood-prone?
About 10% of Clarendon falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Clarendon bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Clarendon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.
Is Clarendon under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 35% of Clarendon, and over about 62% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Clarendon?
The dominant planning zone in Clarendon is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Township Zone (TZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Clarendon have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Clarendon.
What is the typical lot size in Clarendon?
Across 261 surveyed parcels in Clarendon, the median lot size is about 7,924 m². There are also 21 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Clarendon have a train station?
There is no train station inside Clarendon itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Clarendon?
At the 2021 Census Clarendon had 163 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Gordon (Vic.) statistical area, which contains Clarendon, went from 5,350 people in 2001 to 6,557 in 2025, up 23%.
Is Clarendon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Clarendon scores 1003 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Clarendon?
Median household income in Clarendon was $1,792 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,798 for the typical suburb in Moorabool. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,509 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotsburn Ballarat |
3.8 km | 4% | 100% |
| Lal Lal | 6.0 km | 18% | 100% |
| Yendon | 6.1 km | 6% | 100% |
| Mount Doran | 6.7 km | 10% | 100% |
| Elaine | 7.5 km | 5% | 100% |
| Durham Lead Ballarat |
7.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Grenville | 8.4 km | 7% | 100% |
| Buninyong Ballarat |
9.0 km | <1% | 94% |
| Navigators | 10.6 km | 13% | 100% |
| Garibaldi Golden Plains |
11.0 km | 18% | 100% |