Lorne flood map & planning overlays
Lorne keeps 55 heritage places, the Surf Coast's most.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lorne
(Surf Coast, VIC) - 104.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
104.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lorne'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 Lorne
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: observed, lowest 2,500 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.
Lorne at a glance
How Lorne is zoned
Selling in Lorne? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 104.75 km², Lorne is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 55 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 688 m² across 2,874 parcels.
Who lives in Lorne
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lorne 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 1041, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lorne's 1,327 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lorne - Anglesea, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lorne. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lorne itself.
4,748 in 2001 to 6,307 in 2025, up 33%.
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.
Lorne 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 Lorne 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 4% of Lorne. 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 Lorne lot.
Lorne planning - frequently asked
Is Lorne flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Lorne and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 7%).
Is Lorne bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Lorne is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Surf Coast average of 97%.
Is Lorne under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Lorne, and over about 8% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 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 Lorne?
The dominant planning zone in Lorne is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ4) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ5).
Does Lorne have heritage-listed places?
Lorne has 55 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lorne?
Across 2,874 surveyed parcels in Lorne, the median lot size is about 688 m². There are also 1,397 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Lorne have a train station?
There is no train station inside Lorne itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Lorne?
At the 2021 Census Lorne had 1,327 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Lorne - Anglesea statistical area, which contains Lorne, went from 4,748 people in 2001 to 6,307 in 2025, up 33%.
Is Lorne an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lorne scores 1041 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lorne?
Median household income in Lorne was $1,525 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Surf Coast. Median rent was $363 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benwerrin | 4.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Separation Creek Colac Otway |
8.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Big Hill (Lorne) | 9.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Pennyroyal | 10.7 km | 2% | 100% |
| Boonah | 11.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Barwon Downs Colac Otway |
12.1 km | 4% | 100% |
| Deans Marsh | 13.1 km | 5% | 100% |
| Eastern View | 13.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Wye River Colac Otway |
13.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Moggs Creek | 14.7 km | 6% | 100% |