Gooroc flood map & planning overlays
Flood mapping touches 25.2% of Gooroc, a suburb of 8 ha farms.
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A planning-constraint profile of Gooroc
(Northern Grampians, VIC) - 51.82 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
51.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gooroc's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Gooroc at a glance
How Gooroc is zoned
Selling in Gooroc? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 51.82 km², Gooroc is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 25% 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 81,060 m² across 128 parcels.
Who lives in Gooroc
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gooroc 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 975, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of St Arnaud, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gooroc. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gooroc itself.
4,075 in 2001 to 3,394 in 2025, down 17%.
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.
Gooroc 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 15 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 Gooroc address
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Gooroc planning - frequently asked
Is Gooroc flood-prone?
About 25% of Gooroc falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%.
Is Gooroc bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Gooroc is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Northern Grampians average of 100%.
What is the zoning in Gooroc?
The dominant planning zone in Gooroc is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Gooroc have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Gooroc.
What is the typical lot size in Gooroc?
Across 128 surveyed parcels in Gooroc, the median lot size is about 81,060 m².
Is Gooroc an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gooroc scores 975 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coonooer West | 4.6 km | 39% | 100% |
| Sutherland | 7.7 km | 21% | 100% |
| Coonooer Bridge | 8.9 km | 22% | 100% |
| Dooboobetic Buloke |
10.1 km | 31% | 100% |
| Slaty Creek | 10.7 km | 21% | 100% |
| Swanwater | 12.1 km | 29% | 100% |
| Cope Cope Buloke |
13.6 km | 35% | 100% |
| St Arnaud North | 14.4 km | 11% | 100% |
| Yeungroon Buloke |
14.5 km | 23% | 100% |
| Yawong Hills Buloke |
15.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |