Crowlands flood map & planning overlays
Crowlands holds 3 ha farm lots, 11.6% flood-mapped, home to a median of 54.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Crowlands
(Pyrenees, VIC) - 114.71 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
114.71 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Crowlands'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 Crowlands
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 8,500 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.
Crowlands at a glance
How Crowlands is zoned
Selling in Crowlands? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 114.71 km², Crowlands is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% 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 28,751 m² across 653 parcels.
Who lives in Crowlands
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Crowlands 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 953, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Crowlands's 72 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Avoca, the wider ABS statistical area containing Crowlands. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Crowlands itself.
3,151 in 2001 to 3,609 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Crowlands 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 Crowlands 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 Crowlands lot.
Crowlands planning - frequently asked
Is Crowlands flood-prone?
About 12% of Crowlands falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Crowlands bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Crowlands is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Pyrenees average of 100%.
Is Crowlands under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 13% of Crowlands in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,000 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 Crowlands?
The dominant planning zone in Crowlands is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Crowlands have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Crowlands.
What is the typical lot size in Crowlands?
Across 653 surveyed parcels in Crowlands, the median lot size is about 28,751 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Crowlands have a train station?
There is no train station inside Crowlands itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Crowlands?
At the 2021 Census Crowlands had 72 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Avoca statistical area, which contains Crowlands, went from 3,151 people in 2001 to 3,609 in 2025, up 15%.
Is Crowlands an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Crowlands scores 953 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Crowlands?
Median household income in Crowlands was $1,218 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Pyrenees. Median rent was $119 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,034 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shays Flat Northern Grampians |
7.3 km | 7% | 100% |
| Glenlofty | 8.4 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bulgana Northern Grampians |
9.1 km | 6% | 100% |
| Dunneworthy Ararat |
9.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Eversley Ararat |
9.9 km | 12% | 100% |
| Mount Cole Creek Ararat |
10.4 km | 13% | 100% |
| Joel South Northern Grampians |
11.7 km | 18% | 100% |
| Landsborough | 12.9 km | 11% | 100% |
| Landsborough West Northern Grampians |
13.6 km | 8% | 100% |
| Elmhurst | 14.3 km | 14% | 100% |