Lake Wendouree flood map & planning overlays
Lake Wendouree carries Ballarat's most flood mapping (49%) and 26 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lake Wendouree
(Ballarat, VIC) - 4.58 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.58 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lake Wendouree'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 Lake Wendouree
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 5,500 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.
Lake Wendouree at a glance
How Lake Wendouree is zoned
Selling in Lake Wendouree? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.58 km², Lake Wendouree is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 49% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 26 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). The median lot measures about 538 m² across 1,719 parcels.
Who lives in Lake Wendouree
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lake Wendouree 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 1077, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lake Wendouree's 2,878 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ballarat, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lake Wendouree. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lake Wendouree itself.
11,497 in 2001 to 11,668 in 2025, up 1%.
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 Wendouree 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 Lake Wendouree 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 58% of Lake Wendouree. 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 Lake Wendouree lot.
Lake Wendouree planning - frequently asked
Is Lake Wendouree flood-prone?
About 49% of Lake Wendouree falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Lake Wendouree bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Lake Wendouree and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Ballarat average is 68%).
Is Lake Wendouree under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 58% of Lake Wendouree, and over about 90% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 5,000 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 Lake Wendouree?
The dominant planning zone in Lake Wendouree is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Lake Wendouree have heritage-listed places?
Lake Wendouree has 26 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lake Wendouree?
Across 1,719 surveyed parcels in Lake Wendouree, the median lot size is about 538 m². There are also 366 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Lake Wendouree have a train station?
There is no train station inside Lake Wendouree itself. The suburb is served by 20 bus stops.
What is the population of Lake Wendouree?
At the 2021 Census Lake Wendouree had 2,878 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Ballarat statistical area, which contains Lake Wendouree, went from 11,497 people in 2001 to 11,668 in 2025, up 1%.
Is Lake Wendouree an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lake Wendouree scores 1077 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lake Wendouree?
Median household income in Lake Wendouree was $1,953 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,680 for the typical suburb in Ballarat. Median rent was $321 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,106 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Gardens | 1.6 km | 0% | 2% |
| Newington | 1.6 km | 9% | 0% |
| Ballarat Central | 1.7 km | 12% | <1% |
| Soldiers Hill | 2.2 km | 6% | 0% |
| Wendouree | 2.2 km | 0% | 16% |
| Redan | 3.0 km | 18% | 11% |
| Ballarat North | 3.0 km | 1% | 26% |
| Alfredton | 3.1 km | Not mapped | 2% |
| Bakery Hill | 3.1 km | 26% | 0% |
| Invermay Park | 3.2 km | 0% | 30% |