St James flood map & planning overlays
St James is Moira's 2nd-oldest, median 60.
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A planning-constraint profile of St James
(Moira, VIC) - 80.55 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
80.55 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to St James's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over St James
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 to
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.
St James at a glance
How St James is zoned
Selling in St James? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 80.55 km², St James is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% 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 (FZ1). The median lot measures about 126,330 m² across 230 parcels.
Who lives in St James
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the St James 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 961, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of St James's 123 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moira, the wider ABS statistical area containing St James. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than St James itself.
2,776 in 2001 to 2,841 in 2025, up 2%.
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 James 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 29 September 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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St James planning - frequently asked
Is St James flood-prone?
About 17% of St James falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.
Is St James bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of St James is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moira average of 97%.
Is St James under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over St James in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). 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 St James?
The dominant planning zone in St James is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).
Does St James have heritage-listed places?
St James has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in St James?
Across 230 surveyed parcels in St James, the median lot size is about 126,330 m². There are also 23 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does St James have a train station?
There is no train station inside St James itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of St James?
At the 2021 Census St James had 123 usual residents, with a median age of 60 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Moira statistical area, which contains St James, went from 2,776 people in 2001 to 2,841 in 2025, up 2%.
Is St James an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), St James scores 961 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in St James?
Median household income in St James was $966 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Moira. Median rent was $236 a week and the median mortgage repayment $672 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yundool | 5.7 km | 18% | 100% |
| Waggarandall | 8.7 km | 26% | 100% |
| Devenish Benalla |
9.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Lake Rowan | 9.2 km | 7% | 100% |
| Boxwood Benalla |
9.6 km | 19% | 100% |
| Tungamah | 10.5 km | 34% | 100% |
| Pelluebla | 11.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bungeet West Benalla |
14.4 km | 1% | 100% |
| Major Plains Greater Shepparton |
15.1 km | 18% | 100% |
| Bungeet Benalla |
15.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |