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Pomonal flood map & planning overlays

Pomonal: $250 rents (joint 3rd), 43% landscape overlay, 11 heritage places.

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A planning-constraint profile of Pomonal (Northern Grampians, VIC) - 207.8 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 Pomonal'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 Pomonal

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
3%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
4,000 ft
averaging 6,500 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.

Pomonal at a glance

Parcels 451 Median lot 37,357 m² Mapped easements 178 Bus stops 1

How Pomonal is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 49%
Farming Zone (FZ) 39%
Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) 5%
Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) 4%
Rural Living Zone (RLZ) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%

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

Across its 207.8 km², Pomonal 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 11 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 37,357 m² across 451 parcels.

Who lives in Pomonal

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

Population
356
usual residents, 2021
Median age
51
years
Median household income
$1,625
per week, Northern Grampians suburb typical $1,296
Median rent
$250
per week, Northern Grampians suburb typical $200
Median mortgage
$1,192
per month
Household size
2.4
people, average

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 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 994, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Pomonal's 356 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.2%
5-14 8.9%
15-19 6.4%
20-24 3.1%
25-34 8.3%
35-44 10.0%
45-54 18.1%
55-64 17.5%
65-74 16.9%
75-84 5.8%
85+ 0.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

Pomonal 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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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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Pomonal planning - frequently asked

Is Pomonal flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Pomonal and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 27%).

Is Pomonal bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Pomonal is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Northern Grampians average of 100%.

Is Pomonal under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 3% of Pomonal 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 Pomonal?

The dominant planning zone in Pomonal is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Rural Activity Zone (RAZ).

Does Pomonal have heritage-listed places?

Pomonal has 11 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Pomonal?

Across 451 surveyed parcels in Pomonal, the median lot size is about 37,357 m². There are also 178 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Pomonal have a train station?

There is no train station inside Pomonal itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.

What is the population of Pomonal?

At the 2021 Census Pomonal had 356 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Ararat Surrounds statistical area, which contains Pomonal, went from 3,183 people in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 0%.

Is Pomonal an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pomonal scores 994 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 Pomonal?

Median household income in Pomonal was $1,625 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,296 for the typical suburb in Northern Grampians. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,192 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Bellfield (Grampians) 9.8 km 4% 100%
Lake Fyans 12.6 km 59% 92%
Halls Gap 14.0 km 9% 100%
Moyston
Ararat		 14.3 km 0% 100%
Mafeking
Ararat		 15.0 km Not mapped 100%
Bellellen 15.5 km 6% 100%
Rhymney
Ararat		 17.0 km 0% 100%
Fyans Creek 17.4 km 56% 100%
Mokepilly 18.2 km 46% 100%
Black Range (Stawell) 20.1 km <1% 100%

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