Rathscar West flood map & planning overlays
Rathscar West carries Pyrenees' highest flood share, 89.9%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Rathscar West
(Pyrenees, VIC) - 22.26 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
22.26 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rathscar West'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 Rathscar West
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.
Rathscar West at a glance
How Rathscar West is zoned
Selling in Rathscar West? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 22.26 km², Rathscar West is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 90% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 80,951 m² across 109 parcels.
Who lives in Rathscar West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rathscar West 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 939, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Avoca, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rathscar West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rathscar West itself.
3,151 in 2001 to 3,609 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Rathscar West 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 25 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 Rathscar West 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 Rathscar West lot.
Rathscar West planning - frequently asked
Is Rathscar West flood-prone?
About 90% of Rathscar West falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Rathscar West bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Rathscar West is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Pyrenees average of 100%.
Is Rathscar West under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 3% of Rathscar West in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,500 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 Rathscar West?
The dominant planning zone in Rathscar West is Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Rathscar West have heritage-listed places?
Rathscar West has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Rathscar West?
Across 109 surveyed parcels in Rathscar West, the median lot size is about 80,951 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Rathscar West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rathscar West scores 939 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homebush | 4.8 km | 42% | 100% |
| Rathscar | 6.3 km | 67% | 100% |
| Avoca | 6.5 km | 38% | 100% |
| Natte Yallock | 7.9 km | 57% | 100% |
| Tanwood | 9.2 km | 31% | 100% |
| Wareek Central Goldfields |
11.4 km | 50% | 100% |
| Percydale | 12.0 km | 14% | 100% |
| Bung Bong Central Goldfields |
12.3 km | 25% | 100% |
| Archdale Junction Central Goldfields |
14.1 km | 52% | 100% |
| Moonlight Flat (Maryborough) Central Goldfields |
14.8 km | 20% | 100% |