Lower Moira flood map & planning overlays
Lower Moira has 98.6% flood mapping, 3rd of 53.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lower Moira
(Moira, VIC) - 75.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
75.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lower Moira's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Lower Moira
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.
Lower Moira at a glance
How Lower Moira is zoned
Selling in Lower Moira? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 75.41 km², Lower Moira is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 99% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 191,765 m² across 174 parcels.
Who lives in Lower Moira
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lower Moira 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 966, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Numurkah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lower Moira. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lower Moira itself.
12,397 in 2001 to 12,446 in 2025, up 0%.
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.
Lower Moira 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 25 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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Lower Moira planning - frequently asked
Is Lower Moira flood-prone?
About 99% of Lower Moira falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.
Is Lower Moira bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Lower Moira is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moira average of 97%.
Is Lower Moira under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Lower Moira 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 Lower Moira?
The dominant planning zone in Lower Moira is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ).
Does Lower Moira have heritage-listed places?
Lower Moira has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lower Moira?
Across 174 surveyed parcels in Lower Moira, the median lot size is about 191,765 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Lower Moira an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lower Moira scores 966 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yambuna Campaspe |
7.1 km | 84% | 100% |
| Kanyapella Campaspe |
8.4 km | 100% | 100% |
| Kotupna | 13.2 km | 100% | 100% |
| Picola West | 15.3 km | 60% | 100% |
| Barmah | 15.5 km | 96% | 100% |
| Echuca Village Campaspe |
15.8 km | 99% | 100% |
| Wyuna Campaspe |
15.8 km | 61% | 100% |
| Tongala Campaspe |
17.6 km | 42% | 99% |
| Koyuga Campaspe |
17.7 km | 55% | 100% |
| Wyuna East Campaspe |
19.1 km | 30% | 100% |