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Nerrin Nerrin flood map & planning overlays

Nerrin Nerrin is 80.4% under environmental significance overlay, 2nd in Ararat.

A planning-constraint profile of Nerrin Nerrin (Ararat, VIC) - 134.25 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nerrin Nerrin'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Nerrin Nerrin

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

Under observed aircraft
19%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
3%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,500 ft
averaging 5,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Nerrin Nerrin at a glance

Parcels 232 Median lot 401,717 m²

How Nerrin Nerrin is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 95%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 5%
Transport Zone (TRZ1) 0%

Selling in Nerrin Nerrin? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 134.25 km², Nerrin Nerrin is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 401,717 m² across 232 parcels.

Who lives in Nerrin Nerrin

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nerrin Nerrin suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
48
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1026, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Ararat Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nerrin Nerrin. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nerrin Nerrin 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.

Nerrin Nerrin data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Nerrin Nerrin. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Nerrin Nerrin planning - frequently asked

Is Nerrin Nerrin flood-prone?

About 12% of Nerrin Nerrin falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 5%.

Is Nerrin Nerrin bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Nerrin Nerrin is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ararat average of 100%.

Is Nerrin Nerrin under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Nerrin Nerrin, and over about 19% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,000 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 Nerrin Nerrin?

The dominant planning zone in Nerrin Nerrin is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).

Does Nerrin Nerrin have heritage-listed places?

Nerrin Nerrin has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Nerrin Nerrin?

Across 232 surveyed parcels in Nerrin Nerrin, the median lot size is about 401,717 m².

Is Nerrin Nerrin an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nerrin Nerrin scores 1026 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Pura Pura
Moyne
8.5 km <1% 100%
Westmere 10.8 km 3% 100%
Carranballac
Pyrenees
13.4 km <1% 100%
Vite Vite North
Corangamite
13.6 km Not mapped 100%
Streatham 13.9 km 6% 100%
Vite Vite
Corangamite
15.0 km 1% 100%
Dundonnell
Moyne
16.6 km Not mapped 100%
Lake Bolac 18.1 km 9% 96%
Mininera 18.3 km Not mapped 100%
Lake Wongan
Pyrenees
19.9 km 8% 100%

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