Lake Rowan flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Lake Rowan
(Moira, VIC) - 65.99 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 10 October 2026.
Constraint readout
65.99 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lake Rowan's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Lake Rowan
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.
Lake Rowan at a glance
How Lake Rowan is zoned
Selling in Lake Rowan? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 65.99 km², Lake Rowan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 7% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 64,916 m² across 222 parcels.
Who lives in Lake Rowan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lake Rowan 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 961, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lake Rowan's 70 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moira, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lake Rowan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lake Rowan itself.
2,776 in 2001 to 2,841 in 2025, up 2%.
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.
Lake Rowan 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 10 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Lake Rowan planning - frequently asked
Is Lake Rowan flood-prone?
About 7% of Lake Rowan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.
Is Lake Rowan bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Lake Rowan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moira average of 97%.
Is Lake Rowan under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Lake Rowan 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 Lake Rowan?
The dominant planning zone in Lake Rowan is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Lake Rowan have heritage-listed places?
Lake Rowan has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lake Rowan?
Across 222 surveyed parcels in Lake Rowan, the median lot size is about 64,916 m².
What is the population of Lake Rowan?
At the 2021 Census Lake Rowan had 70 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Moira statistical area, which contains Lake Rowan, went from 2,776 people in 2001 to 2,841 in 2025, up 2%.
Is Lake Rowan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lake Rowan scores 961 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lake Rowan?
Median household income in Lake Rowan was $1,208 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Moira.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bungeet Benalla |
6.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Pelluebla | 7.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Almonds | 7.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| St James | 9.2 km | 17% | 100% |
| Bungeet West Benalla |
10.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Devenish Benalla |
11.2 km | 5% | 100% |
| Boweya North | 11.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Boweya Benalla |
12.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Thoona Benalla |
12.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tungamah | 13.6 km | 34% | 100% |