This page covers the Horsham suburb only. For all of Horsham, see the Horsham flood map by suburb →
Horsham flood map & planning overlays
Horsham the town is home to 15,134 people, with 23 heritage places and 116 bus stops.
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A planning-constraint profile of Horsham
(Horsham, VIC) - 23.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
23.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Horsham's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Horsham
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 to
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.
Horsham at a glance
How Horsham is zoned
Selling in Horsham? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 23.87 km², Horsham is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 54% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 23 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 741 m² across 9,993 parcels.
Who lives in Horsham
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Horsham 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 938, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Horsham's 15,134 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Horsham, the wider ABS statistical area containing Horsham. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Horsham itself.
14,767 in 2001 to 16,882 in 2025, up 14%.
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.
Horsham 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 Horsham address
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Horsham planning - frequently asked
Is Horsham flood-prone?
About 22% of Horsham falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 16%.
Is Horsham bushfire-prone?
Around 54% of Horsham is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Horsham average of 98%.
Is Horsham under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Horsham in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Horsham?
The dominant planning zone in Horsham is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z).
Does Horsham have heritage-listed places?
Horsham has 23 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Horsham?
Across 9,993 surveyed parcels in Horsham, the median lot size is about 741 m². There are also 2,758 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Horsham have a train station?
Yes - Horsham has 1 train station: Horsham Station. It is also served by 116 bus stops.
What is the population of Horsham?
At the 2021 Census Horsham had 15,134 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Horsham statistical area, which contains Horsham, went from 14,767 people in 2001 to 16,882 in 2025, up 14%.
Is Horsham an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Horsham scores 938 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 Horsham?
Median household income in Horsham was $1,294 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,625 for the typical suburb in Horsham. Median rent was $245 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,187 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haven | 4.4 km | 11% | 100% |
| Riverside | 4.4 km | 72% | 100% |
| Dooen | 9.1 km | 6% | 100% |
| Mckenzie Creek | 9.8 km | 14% | 100% |
| Bungalally | 10.4 km | 9% | 100% |
| Vectis | 10.5 km | 8% | 100% |
| Drung | 12.3 km | 29% | 100% |
| Longerenong | 13.4 km | 60% | 100% |
| Quantong | 13.9 km | 18% | 100% |
| Lower Norton | 14.5 km | 16% | 100% |