Lawloit flood map & planning overlays
Lawloit grows on 23 ha farm blocks wrapped in bushfire mapping.
A planning-constraint profile of Lawloit
(West Wimmera, VIC) - 86.91 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 17 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
86.91 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lawloit'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 Lawloit
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 17 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.
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.
Lawloit at a glance
How Lawloit is zoned
Selling in Lawloit? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 86.91 km², Lawloit is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 233,517 m² across 108 parcels.
Who lives in Lawloit
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lawloit 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 1063, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Nhill Region, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lawloit. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lawloit itself.
7,998 in 2001 to 6,698 in 2025, down 16%.
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.
Lawloit 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 17 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 Lawloit 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 Lawloit lot.
Lawloit planning - frequently asked
Is Lawloit flood-prone?
About 1% of Lawloit falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Lawloit bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Lawloit is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a West Wimmera average of 100%.
Is Lawloit under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Lawloit 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 Lawloit?
The dominant planning zone in Lawloit is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Lawloit have heritage-listed places?
Lawloit has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lawloit?
Across 108 surveyed parcels in Lawloit, the median lot size is about 233,517 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Lawloit an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lawloit scores 1063 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miram | 11.6 km | 9% | 100% |
| Kaniva | 15.2 km | 3% | 100% |
| Nhill Hindmarsh |
19.6 km | 3% | 100% |
| Goroke | 22.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Peronne | 23.3 km | 8% | 100% |
| Nurcoung | 26.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Little Desert Hindmarsh |
26.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Lillimur | 30.2 km | 3% | 100% |
| Kiata Hindmarsh |
31.9 km | 1% | 100% |
| Minimay | 34.9 km | 14% | 100% |