Moyston flood map & planning overlays
Moyston shares 2nd in Ararat for heritage, joint with 19 places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Moyston
(Ararat, VIC) - 227.34 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
227.34 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Moyston'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 Moyston
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.
Moyston at a glance
How Moyston is zoned
Selling in Moyston? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 227.34 km², Moyston 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 19 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 64,673 m² across 1,239 parcels.
Who lives in Moyston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Moyston 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 976, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Moyston's 403 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ararat Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Moyston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Moyston itself.
3,183 in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 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.
Moyston 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 Moyston 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 Moyston lot.
Moyston planning - frequently asked
Is Moyston flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Moyston and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 5%).
Is Moyston bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Moyston is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ararat average of 100%.
Is Moyston under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 5% of Moyston in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 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 Moyston?
The dominant planning zone in Moyston is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Moyston have heritage-listed places?
Moyston has 19 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Moyston?
Across 1,239 surveyed parcels in Moyston, the median lot size is about 64,673 m². There are also 37 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Moyston have a train station?
There is no train station inside Moyston itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Moyston?
At the 2021 Census Moyston had 403 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Ararat Surrounds statistical area, which contains Moyston, went from 3,183 people in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 0%.
Is Moyston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Moyston scores 976 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Moyston?
Median household income in Moyston was $1,260 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,370 for the typical suburb in Ararat. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhymney | 7.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Norval | 10.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Rocky Point | 11.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Willaura North | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cathcart | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Armstrong | 13.7 km | <1% | 100% |
| Pomonal Northern Grampians |
14.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Black Range (Stawell) Northern Grampians |
16.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Bellellen Northern Grampians |
16.4 km | 6% | 100% |
| Denicull Creek | 17.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |