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Warrion flood map & planning overlays

Warrion's 4 ha farms hold 6 heritage places, fully bushfire-mapped.

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A planning-constraint profile of Warrion (Colac Otway, VIC) - 35.97 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 Warrion'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 Warrion

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
54%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
24%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,000 ft
averaging 3,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 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.

Warrion at a glance

Parcels 311 Median lot 39,705 m² Mapped easements 200 Bus stops 6

How Warrion is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 99%
Township Zone (TZ) 0%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 0%
Commonwealth Land (CA) 0%

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

Across its 35.97 km², Warrion 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 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 39,705 m² across 311 parcels.

Who lives in Warrion

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

Population
204
usual residents, 2021
Median age
50
years
Median household income
$1,213
per week, Colac Otway suburb typical $1,443
Median rent
$310
per week, Colac Otway suburb typical $239
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.5
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 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 940, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Warrion's 204 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 2.0%
5-14 14.4%
15-19 5.0%
20-24 7.9%
25-34 7.4%
35-44 10.4%
45-54 8.4%
55-64 17.3%
65-74 16.8%
75-84 6.4%
85+ 4.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

5,829 in 2001 to 5,670 in 2025, down 3%.

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.

Warrion 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.

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Warrion. 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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Warrion planning - frequently asked

Is Warrion flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Warrion and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 12%).

Is Warrion bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Warrion is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Colac Otway average of 97%.

Is Warrion under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Warrion, and over about 54% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 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 Warrion?

The dominant planning zone in Warrion is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Township Zone (TZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Warrion have heritage-listed places?

Warrion has 6 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Warrion?

Across 311 surveyed parcels in Warrion, the median lot size is about 39,705 m². There are also 200 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Warrion have a train station?

There is no train station inside Warrion itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.

What is the population of Warrion?

At the 2021 Census Warrion had 204 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Colac Surrounds statistical area, which contains Warrion, went from 5,829 people in 2001 to 5,670 in 2025, down 3%.

Is Warrion an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Warrion scores 940 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Warrion?

Median household income in Warrion was $1,213 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,443 for the typical suburb in Colac Otway. Median rent was $310 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Coragulac 4.0 km <1% 100%
Alvie 5.4 km 16% 92%
Ondit 5.8 km 26% 94%
Balintore 5.9 km 26% 100%
Dreeite South 7.6 km 14% 90%
Cororooke 7.8 km 2% 100%
Corunnun 8.3 km 10% 100%
Beeac 8.9 km 36% 86%
Colac 9.3 km 78% 15%
Cundare 10.1 km 14% 97%

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