Nurrabiel flood map & planning overlays
Nurrabiel has 77.8% of its land under environmental significance overlay.
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A planning-constraint profile of Nurrabiel
(Horsham, VIC) - 191.9 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
191.9 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nurrabiel's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Nurrabiel
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.
Nurrabiel at a glance
How Nurrabiel is zoned
Selling in Nurrabiel? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 191.9 km², Nurrabiel is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% 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 581,350 m² across 277 parcels.
Who lives in Nurrabiel
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nurrabiel 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 1068, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Horsham Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nurrabiel. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nurrabiel itself.
3,565 in 2001 to 3,399 in 2025, down 5%.
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.
Nurrabiel 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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Nurrabiel planning - frequently asked
Is Nurrabiel flood-prone?
About 6% of Nurrabiel falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 16%.
Is Nurrabiel bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Nurrabiel is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Horsham average of 98%.
Is Nurrabiel under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Nurrabiel 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 Nurrabiel?
The dominant planning zone in Nurrabiel is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Nurrabiel have heritage-listed places?
Nurrabiel has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Nurrabiel?
Across 277 surveyed parcels in Nurrabiel, the median lot size is about 581,350 m². There are also 64 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Nurrabiel an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nurrabiel scores 1068 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mockinya | 11.3 km | 7% | 100% |
| Wonwondah | 13.4 km | 16% | 100% |
| Clear Lake | 13.7 km | 8% | 100% |
| Lower Norton | 16.0 km | 16% | 100% |
| Toolondo | 16.6 km | 15% | 100% |
| Noradjuha | 16.8 km | 16% | 100% |
| Brimpaen | 18.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Mckenzie Creek | 18.9 km | 14% | 100% |
| Telangatuk East | 19.6 km | <1% | 100% |
| Quantong | 21.6 km | 18% | 100% |