Staughton Vale flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Staughton Vale flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 2% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Staughton Vale address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 2% of Staughton Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Staughton Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Staughton Vale is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Staughton Vale has 2 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 85 surveyed parcels in Staughton Vale, the median lot size is about 80,032 m². There are also 59 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

At the 2021 Census Staughton Vale had 105 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Lara statistical area, which contains Staughton Vale, went from 13,075 people in 2001 to 23,952 in 2025, up 83%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Staughton Vale alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Staughton Vale scores 1023 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Staughton Vale was $2,874 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,670 for the typical suburb in Greater Geelong. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Staughton Vale planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.