Pootilla flood map & planning overlays
Pootilla keeps 4 ha farm lots inside full bushfire mapping, median 45.
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A planning-constraint profile of Pootilla
(Moorabool, VIC) - 13.25 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
13.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pootilla'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 Pootilla
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 9,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Pootilla at a glance
How Pootilla is zoned
Selling in Pootilla? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 13.25 km², Pootilla 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. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 44,251 m² across 91 parcels.
Who lives in Pootilla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pootilla 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 1003, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pootilla's 79 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gordon (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Pootilla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pootilla itself.
5,350 in 2001 to 6,557 in 2025, up 23%.
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.
Pootilla 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 Pootilla 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 7% of Pootilla. 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 Pootilla lot.
Pootilla planning - frequently asked
Is Pootilla flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Pootilla and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 7%).
Is Pootilla bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Pootilla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.
Is Pootilla under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 7% of Pootilla, and over about 62% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Pootilla?
The dominant planning zone in Pootilla is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Pootilla have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Pootilla.
What is the typical lot size in Pootilla?
Across 91 surveyed parcels in Pootilla, the median lot size is about 44,251 m². There are also 17 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Pootilla?
At the 2021 Census Pootilla had 79 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Gordon (Vic.) statistical area, which contains Pootilla, went from 5,350 people in 2001 to 6,557 in 2025, up 23%.
Is Pootilla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pootilla scores 1003 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Pootilla?
Median household income in Pootilla was $1,624 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,798 for the typical suburb in Moorabool. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gong Gong Ballarat |
2.9 km | 9% | 100% |
| Clarkes Hill | 3.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Leigh Creek | 3.8 km | 6% | 100% |
| Glen Park Ballarat |
3.8 km | 6% | 100% |
| Brown Hill Ballarat |
4.4 km | 4% | 88% |
| Wattle Flat | 5.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Bullarook | 5.2 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bungaree | 5.6 km | 10% | 100% |
| Nerrina Ballarat |
6.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Warrenheip | 6.4 km | 5% | 100% |