Miners Rest flood map & planning overlays
Miners Rest is young (33) and 26.5% flood-mapped, 3rd in Ballarat.
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A planning-constraint profile of Miners Rest
(Ballarat, VIC) - 30.72 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
30.72 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Miners Rest'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 Miners Rest
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 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.
Miners Rest at a glance
How Miners Rest is zoned
Selling in Miners Rest? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 30.72 km², Miners Rest is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 95% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 740 m² across 2,046 parcels.
Who lives in Miners Rest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Miners Rest 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 993, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Miners Rest's 3,829 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wendouree - Miners Rest, the wider ABS statistical area containing Miners Rest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Miners Rest itself.
13,355 in 2001 to 15,548 in 2025, up 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.
Miners Rest 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Miners Rest 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 27% of Miners Rest. 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 Miners Rest lot.
Miners Rest planning - frequently asked
Is Miners Rest flood-prone?
About 26% of Miners Rest falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Miners Rest bushfire-prone?
Around 95% of Miners Rest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ballarat average of 68%.
Is Miners Rest affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of Miners Rest sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Miners Rest under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 27% of Miners Rest, and over about 85% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Miners Rest?
The dominant planning zone in Miners Rest is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Urban Growth Zone (UGZ) and Special Use Zone (SUZ13).
Does Miners Rest have heritage-listed places?
Miners Rest has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Miners Rest?
Across 2,046 surveyed parcels in Miners Rest, the median lot size is about 740 m². There are also 459 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Miners Rest have a train station?
There is no train station inside Miners Rest itself. The suburb is served by 17 bus stops.
What is the population of Miners Rest?
At the 2021 Census Miners Rest had 3,829 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Wendouree - Miners Rest statistical area, which contains Miners Rest, went from 13,355 people in 2001 to 15,548 in 2025, up 16%.
Is Miners Rest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Miners Rest scores 993 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Miners Rest?
Median household income in Miners Rest was $1,983 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,680 for the typical suburb in Ballarat. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Park | 3.1 km | 10% | 76% |
| Mount Rowan | 4.2 km | 18% | 100% |
| Wendouree | 5.6 km | 0% | 16% |
| Bald Hills | 5.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Blowhard | 6.4 km | 13% | 100% |
| Sulky Hepburn |
6.6 km | 8% | 100% |
| Lake Gardens | 7.1 km | 0% | 2% |
| Invermay | 7.1 km | 15% | 100% |
| Cardigan | 7.2 km | 3% | 99% |
| Windermere | 7.2 km | 25% | 100% |