Cloverlea flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Cloverlea flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 5% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Cloverlea address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 5% of Cloverlea falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Cloverlea is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 100%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Cloverlea is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Cloverlea has 5 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 123 surveyed parcels in Cloverlea, the median lot size is about 48,884 m². There are also 90 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

At the 2021 Census Cloverlea had 178 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Warragul statistical area, which contains Cloverlea, went from 14,203 people in 2001 to 25,392 in 2025, up 79%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Cloverlea alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cloverlea scores 1029 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Cloverlea was $1,821 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,614 for the typical suburb in Baw Baw. Median rent was $235 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Cloverlea planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.