St Arnaud North flood map & planning overlays
St Arnaud North carries 11.3% flood mapping on 8 ha lots, bushfire-mapped in full.
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A planning-constraint profile of St Arnaud North
(Northern Grampians, VIC) - 47.26 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
47.26 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to St Arnaud North's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
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St Arnaud North at a glance
How St Arnaud North is zoned
Selling in St Arnaud North? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 47.26 km², St Arnaud North is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 83,299 m² across 219 parcels.
Who lives in St Arnaud North
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the St Arnaud North 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 975, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of St Arnaud, the wider ABS statistical area containing St Arnaud North. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than St Arnaud North itself.
4,075 in 2001 to 3,394 in 2025, down 17%.
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.
St Arnaud North 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 15 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 St Arnaud North address
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St Arnaud North planning - frequently asked
Is St Arnaud North flood-prone?
About 11% of St Arnaud North falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%.
Is St Arnaud North bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of St Arnaud North is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Northern Grampians average of 100%.
What is the zoning in St Arnaud North?
The dominant planning zone in St Arnaud North is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ2) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does St Arnaud North have heritage-listed places?
St Arnaud North has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in St Arnaud North?
Across 219 surveyed parcels in St Arnaud North, the median lot size is about 83,299 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is St Arnaud North an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), St Arnaud North scores 975 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moolerr | 6.1 km | 13% | 100% |
| Sutherland | 6.8 km | 21% | 100% |
| St Arnaud | 7.2 km | 11% | 99% |
| Swanwater | 8.2 km | 29% | 100% |
| Gre Gre North | 8.7 km | 21% | 100% |
| Gre Gre | 11.5 km | 20% | 100% |
| Slaty Creek | 12.9 km | 21% | 100% |
| Beazleys Bridge | 13.0 km | 16% | 100% |
| Gooroc | 14.4 km | 25% | 100% |
| St Arnaud East | 14.4 km | 4% | 100% |