Hamilton flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Hamilton is the shire's hub, 10,346 people, on its smallest lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hamilton
(Southern Grampians, VIC) - 199.37 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
199.37 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hamilton'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 Hamilton
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 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.
Hamilton at a glance
How Hamilton is zoned
Selling in Hamilton? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 199.37 km², Hamilton is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 128 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 921 m² across 7,519 parcels.
Who lives in Hamilton
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hamilton 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 944, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hamilton's 10,346 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hamilton (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Hamilton. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hamilton itself.
10,266 in 2001 to 10,299 in 2025, up 0%.
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.
Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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 5% of Hamilton. 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 Hamilton lot.
Hamilton planning - frequently asked
Is Hamilton flood-prone?
About 2% of Hamilton falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%.
Is Hamilton bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Hamilton is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Southern Grampians average of 100%.
Is Hamilton under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 5% of Hamilton, and over about 12% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Hamilton?
The dominant planning zone in Hamilton is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ1).
Does Hamilton have heritage-listed places?
Hamilton has 128 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hamilton?
Across 7,519 surveyed parcels in Hamilton, the median lot size is about 921 m². There are also 1,355 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hamilton have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hamilton itself. The suburb is served by 71 bus stops.
What is the population of Hamilton?
At the 2021 Census Hamilton had 10,346 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Hamilton (Vic.) statistical area, which contains Hamilton, went from 10,266 people in 2001 to 10,299 in 2025, up 0%.
Is Hamilton an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hamilton scores 944 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hamilton?
Median household income in Hamilton was $1,247 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Southern Grampians. Median rent was $235 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrington | 9.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Strathkellar | 9.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Yulecart | 10.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bochara | 12.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hensley Park | 13.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Warrayure | 13.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Buckley Swamp | 13.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Byaduk North | 13.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Yatchaw | 14.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Morgiana | 16.7 km | 2% | 100% |