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Victoria Valley flood map & planning overlays

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A planning-constraint profile of Victoria Valley (Southern Grampians, VIC) - 197.87 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Victoria Valley'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 Victoria Valley

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

Under observed aircraft
8%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 5,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Victoria Valley at a glance

Parcels 314 Median lot 378,159 m² Mapped easements 61

How Victoria Valley is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 70%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 29%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%

Selling in Victoria Valley? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 197.87 km², Victoria Valley 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. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 378,159 m² across 314 parcels.

Who lives in Victoria Valley

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Victoria Valley suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
65
usual residents, 2021
Median age
56
years
Median household income
$1,208
per week, Southern Grampians suburb typical $1,562
Median rent
$115
per week, Southern Grampians suburb typical $177
Median mortgage
$1,062
per month
Household size
2.4
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1028, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Victoria Valley's 65 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.8%
5-14 15.9%
15-19 7.9%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 4.8%
35-44 14.3%
45-54 6.3%
55-64 19.0%
65-74 17.5%
75-84 9.5%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Southern Grampians, the wider ABS statistical area containing Victoria Valley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Victoria Valley itself.

6,728 in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.

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.

Victoria Valley data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Victoria Valley address

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Victoria Valley planning - frequently asked

Is Victoria Valley flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Victoria Valley and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 3%).

Is Victoria Valley bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Victoria Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Southern Grampians average of 100%.

Is Victoria Valley under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 8% of Victoria Valley in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Victoria Valley?

The dominant planning zone in Victoria Valley is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Victoria Valley have heritage-listed places?

Victoria Valley has 4 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Victoria Valley?

Across 314 surveyed parcels in Victoria Valley, the median lot size is about 378,159 m². There are also 61 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Victoria Valley?

At the 2021 Census Victoria Valley had 65 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Southern Grampians statistical area, which contains Victoria Valley, went from 6,728 people in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.

Is Victoria Valley an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Victoria Valley scores 1028 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Victoria Valley?

Median household income in Victoria Valley was $1,208 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Southern Grampians. Median rent was $115 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,062 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Victoria Point 9.0 km 0% 100%
Karabeal 14.2 km 0% 100%
Bornes Hill
Ararat		 14.8 km 0% 100%
Mirranatwa 15.3 km Not mapped 100%
Grampians 17.1 km Not mapped 100%
Dunkeld 17.1 km <1% 100%
Moutajup 19.7 km Not mapped 100%
Cavendish 22.5 km 0% 100%
Mooralla 24.2 km Not mapped 100%
Warrayure 25.4 km Not mapped 100%

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