Clunes flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Clunes keeps 183 heritage places for 1,844 people.
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A planning-constraint profile of Clunes
(Hepburn, VIC) - 150.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
150.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Clunes'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 Clunes
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 3,000 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.
Clunes at a glance
How Clunes is zoned
Selling in Clunes? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 150.75 km², Clunes is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 183 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 6,018 m² across 2,845 parcels.
Who lives in Clunes
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Clunes 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 907, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Clunes's 1,844 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Creswick - Clunes, the wider ABS statistical area containing Clunes. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Clunes itself.
7,467 in 2001 to 8,038 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.
Clunes 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 Clunes 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 →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 Clunes lot.
Clunes planning - frequently asked
Is Clunes flood-prone?
About 11% of Clunes falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Clunes bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Clunes is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hepburn average of 100%.
Is Clunes under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 41% of Clunes in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 ft. 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 Clunes?
The dominant planning zone in Clunes is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ1) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Clunes have heritage-listed places?
Clunes has 183 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Clunes?
Across 2,845 surveyed parcels in Clunes, the median lot size is about 6,018 m². There are also 162 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Clunes have a train station?
Yes - Clunes has 1 train station: Clunes Station. It is also served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Clunes?
At the 2021 Census Clunes had 1,844 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Creswick - Clunes statistical area, which contains Clunes, went from 7,467 people in 2001 to 8,038 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Clunes an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Clunes scores 907 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Clunes?
Median household income in Clunes was $1,037 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,400 for the typical suburb in Hepburn. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,127 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Beckworth | 7.3 km | 6% | 100% |
| Tourello Ballarat |
7.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Glendaruel Ballarat |
7.8 km | 4% | 100% |
| Dunach Central Goldfields |
7.9 km | 9% | 100% |
| Mount Glasgow Central Goldfields |
9.6 km | 10% | 100% |
| Mount Cameron Central Goldfields |
9.7 km | 14% | 100% |
| Ullina | 9.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Glendonald Ballarat |
10.0 km | 8% | 100% |
| Stony Creek (Talbot) Central Goldfields |
10.9 km | 11% | 100% |
| Coghills Creek Ballarat |
11.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |