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Glomar Beach flood map & planning overlays

Glomar Beach is 76.3% flood-mapped with 89.9% Ramsar wetland overlay.

A planning-constraint profile of Glomar Beach (Wellington, VIC) - 8.55 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 Glomar Beach'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Glomar Beach

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
29%
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 6,000 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.

Glomar Beach at a glance

Parcels 1,105 Median lot 628 m² Mapped easements 41

How Glomar Beach is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 73%
Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) 15%
Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ2) 11%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 1%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 0%
Farming Zone (FZ) 0%

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

Across its 8.55 km², Glomar Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 76% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 628 m² across 1,105 parcels.

Who lives in Glomar Beach

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

Population
21
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 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 966, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Longford - Loch Sport, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glomar Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glomar Beach itself.

3,830 in 2001 to 4,993 in 2025, up 30%.

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.

Glomar Beach 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 Glomar Beach 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.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Glomar Beach lot.

Glomar Beach planning - frequently asked

Is Glomar Beach flood-prone?

About 76% of Glomar Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.

Is Glomar Beach bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Glomar Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.

Is Glomar Beach under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 29% of Glomar Beach 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 Glomar Beach?

The dominant planning zone in Glomar Beach is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ2).

Does Glomar Beach have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Glomar Beach.

What is the typical lot size in Glomar Beach?

Across 1,105 surveyed parcels in Glomar Beach, the median lot size is about 628 m². There are also 41 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Glomar Beach an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glomar Beach scores 966 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 suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Flamingo Beach 4.5 km 69% 100%
The Honeysuckles 5.8 km 88% 100%
Golden Beach 10.7 km 69% 100%
Seaspray 10.8 km 9% 100%
Dutson Downs 12.4 km 39% 100%
Longford 12.6 km 5% 100%
Dutson 13.5 km 43% 100%
Paradise Beach 17.3 km 47% 100%
Giffard 17.7 km 8% 100%
Stradbroke 21.0 km 6% 100%

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