Minimay flood map & planning overlays
Minimay's 14.5% flood cover is the 3rd-largest share across West Wimmera's 33.
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A planning-constraint profile of Minimay
(West Wimmera, VIC) - 275.82 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
275.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Minimay's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Minimay
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: 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.
Minimay at a glance
How Minimay is zoned
Selling in Minimay? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 275.82 km², Minimay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 398,106 m² across 384 parcels.
Who lives in Minimay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Minimay 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 Minimay's 64 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of West Wimmera, the wider ABS statistical area containing Minimay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Minimay itself.
3,353 in 2001 to 2,656 in 2025, down 21%.
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.
Minimay 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.
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Minimay planning - frequently asked
Is Minimay flood-prone?
About 14% of Minimay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Minimay bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Minimay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a West Wimmera average of 100%.
Is Minimay under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Minimay in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). 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 Minimay?
The dominant planning zone in Minimay is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Minimay have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Minimay.
What is the typical lot size in Minimay?
Across 384 surveyed parcels in Minimay, the median lot size is about 398,106 m². There are also 61 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Minimay?
At the 2021 Census Minimay had 64 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider West Wimmera statistical area, which contains Minimay, went from 3,353 people in 2001 to 2,656 in 2025, down 21%.
Is Minimay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Minimay 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 Minimay?
Median household income in Minimay was $1,624 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,587 for the typical suburb in West Wimmera. Median rent was $96 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peronne | 13.7 km | 8% | 100% |
| Bringalbert | 15.5 km | 12% | 100% |
| Neuarpurr | 17.9 km | 1% | 100% |
| Ozenkadnook | 19.2 km | 6% | 100% |
| Patyah | 20.8 km | 9% | 100% |
| Benayeo | 21.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Goroke | 23.1 km | 6% | 100% |
| Ullswater | 28.8 km | 15% | 100% |
| Karnak | 29.2 km | 11% | 100% |
| Lillimur | 30.4 km | 3% | 100% |