Waterloo flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Waterloo holds 6 heritage places on 5 ha farms, median 50.
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A planning-constraint profile of Waterloo
(Pyrenees, VIC) - 62.96 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
62.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Waterloo'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 Waterloo
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
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.
Waterloo at a glance
How Waterloo is zoned
Selling in Waterloo? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 62.96 km², Waterloo 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 54,604 m² across 395 parcels.
Who lives in Waterloo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Waterloo 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 940, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Waterloo's 122 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaufort, the wider ABS statistical area containing Waterloo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Waterloo itself.
3,809 in 2001 to 4,816 in 2025, up 26%.
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.
Waterloo 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 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 Waterloo address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Waterloo lot.
Waterloo planning - frequently asked
Is Waterloo flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Waterloo and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 14%).
Is Waterloo bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Waterloo is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Pyrenees average of 100%.
Is Waterloo under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 22% of Waterloo in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Waterloo?
The dominant planning zone in Waterloo is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ).
Does Waterloo have heritage-listed places?
Waterloo has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Waterloo?
Across 395 surveyed parcels in Waterloo, the median lot size is about 54,604 m². There are also 32 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Waterloo?
At the 2021 Census Waterloo had 122 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Beaufort statistical area, which contains Waterloo, went from 3,809 people in 2001 to 4,816 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Waterloo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Waterloo 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 Waterloo?
Median household income in Waterloo was $1,093 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Pyrenees. Median rent was $165 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,040 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Lead | 5.7 km | 1% | 100% |
| Langi Kal Kal | 5.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Chute | 6.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Trawalla | 10.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Glenbrae | 10.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Raglan | 11.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mount Lonarch | 11.8 km | 7% | 100% |
| Beaufort | 12.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Lexton | 14.1 km | 6% | 100% |
| Nerring | 14.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |