Karnak flood map & planning overlays
Karnak works 63 ha lots in FZ1, 11.4% of it flood-mapped.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Karnak
(West Wimmera, VIC) - 151.28 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
151.28 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Karnak'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 Karnak
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
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.
Karnak at a glance
How Karnak is zoned
Selling in Karnak? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 151.28 km², Karnak is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 632,815 m² across 175 parcels.
Who lives in Karnak
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Karnak 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 1045, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of West Wimmera, the wider ABS statistical area containing Karnak. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Karnak itself.
3,353 in 2001 to 2,656 in 2025, down 21%.
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.
Karnak 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 Karnak 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 →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 Karnak lot.
Karnak planning - frequently asked
Is Karnak flood-prone?
About 11% of Karnak falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Karnak bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Karnak is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a West Wimmera average of 100%.
Is Karnak under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Karnak in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Karnak?
The dominant planning zone in Karnak is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Karnak have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Karnak.
What is the typical lot size in Karnak?
Across 175 surveyed parcels in Karnak, the median lot size is about 632,815 m². There are also 40 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Karnak an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Karnak scores 1045 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ullswater | 10.1 km | 15% | 100% |
| Charam | 11.3 km | 20% | 100% |
| Ozenkadnook | 12.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Miga Lake | 12.8 km | 8% | 100% |
| Gymbowen | 15.4 km | 8% | 100% |
| Wombelano | 19.8 km | 10% | 100% |
| Patyah | 20.4 km | 9% | 100% |
| Goroke | 21.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Jilpanger Horsham |
22.7 km | 6% | 99% |
| Peronne | 25.3 km | 8% | 100% |