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Glendaruel flood map & planning overlays

Glendaruel lots average 17 ha, 3rd-largest in Ballarat.

A planning-constraint profile of Glendaruel (Ballarat, VIC) - 13.63 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glendaruel'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 Glendaruel

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

Under observed aircraft
31%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,000 ft
averaging 5,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Glendaruel at a glance

Parcels 72 Median lot 166,341 m²

How Glendaruel is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 100%
Farming Zone (FZ1) 0%

Selling in Glendaruel? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 13.63 km², Glendaruel is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% 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 166,341 m² across 72 parcels.

Who lives in Glendaruel

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glendaruel suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
49
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1020, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Creswick - Clunes, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glendaruel. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glendaruel 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.

Glendaruel data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Glendaruel address

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Glendaruel planning - frequently asked

Is Glendaruel flood-prone?

About 4% of Glendaruel falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.

Is Glendaruel bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Glendaruel is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ballarat average of 68%.

Is Glendaruel under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 31% of Glendaruel 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 Glendaruel?

The dominant planning zone in Glendaruel is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1).

Does Glendaruel have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Glendaruel.

What is the typical lot size in Glendaruel?

Across 72 surveyed parcels in Glendaruel, the median lot size is about 166,341 m².

Is Glendaruel an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glendaruel scores 1020 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Mount Bolton 4.4 km 1% 100%
Coghills Creek 4.7 km Not mapped 100%
Tourello 5.1 km 3% 100%
Mount Beckworth
Hepburn
5.4 km 6% 100%
Addington 7.7 km Not mapped 100%
Clunes
Hepburn
7.8 km 11% 100%
Learmonth 8.3 km 20% 100%
Waubra
Pyrenees
8.9 km 1% 100%
Ascot (Ballarat) 9.1 km 5% 100%
Glendonald 10.1 km 8% 100%

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