Darriman flood map & planning overlays
Darriman's 49 ha conservation lots carry 6 heritage places.
A planning-constraint profile of Darriman
(Wellington, VIC) - 200.23 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
200.23 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Darriman'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 Darriman
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
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.
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.
Darriman at a glance
How Darriman is zoned
Selling in Darriman? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 200.23 km², Darriman is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 487,789 m² across 97 parcels.
Who lives in Darriman
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Darriman 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 968, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarram, the wider ABS statistical area containing Darriman. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Darriman itself.
5,686 in 2001 to 5,587 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Darriman 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 Darriman 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 2% of Darriman. 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 Darriman lot.
Darriman planning - frequently asked
Is Darriman flood-prone?
About 4% of Darriman falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Darriman bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Darriman is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Darriman under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Darriman, and over about 58% 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 500 ft, with an average of 7,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Darriman?
The dominant planning zone in Darriman is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Darriman have heritage-listed places?
Darriman has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Darriman?
Across 97 surveyed parcels in Darriman, the median lot size is about 487,789 m². There are also 9 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Darriman an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Darriman scores 968 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside North | 6.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Carrajung South | 9.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Giffard West | 10.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Willung South | 11.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Carrajung Lower | 12.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Woodside | 14.3 km | 14% | 98% |
| Won Wron | 15.4 km | 6% | 100% |
| Woodside Beach | 16.6 km | 12% | 100% |
| Willung | 16.7 km | 9% | 100% |
| Giffard | 18.7 km | 8% | 100% |