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Wattle Flat flood map & planning overlays

Wattle Flat locals sit at 54, 3rd-oldest of 46 in Moorabool.

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A planning-constraint profile of Wattle Flat (Moorabool, VIC) - 11.01 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 Wattle Flat'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 Wattle Flat

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
37%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,500 ft
averaging 5,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Wattle Flat at a glance

Parcels 101 Median lot 76,641 m² Mapped easements 5

How Wattle Flat is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 66%
Farming Zone (FZ1) 29%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 4%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 0%

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

Across its 11.01 km², Wattle Flat 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 76,641 m² across 101 parcels.

Who lives in Wattle Flat

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

Population
104
usual residents, 2021
Median age
54
years
Median household income
$2,250
per week, Moorabool suburb typical $1,798
Median mortgage
$1,710
per month
Household size
2.7
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 1029, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Wattle Flat's 104 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 0.0%
5-14 16.0%
15-19 6.0%
20-24 5.0%
25-34 6.0%
35-44 5.0%
45-54 20.0%
55-64 26.0%
65-74 16.0%
75-84 0.0%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Creswick - Clunes, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wattle Flat. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wattle Flat itself.

7,467 in 2001 to 8,038 in 2025, up 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.

Wattle Flat 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 Wattle Flat 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.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Wattle Flat lot.

Wattle Flat planning - frequently asked

Is Wattle Flat flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Wattle Flat and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 7%).

Is Wattle Flat bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Wattle Flat is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.

Is Wattle Flat under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 37% of Wattle Flat 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 Wattle Flat?

The dominant planning zone in Wattle Flat is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).

Does Wattle Flat have heritage-listed places?

Wattle Flat has 6 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Wattle Flat?

Across 101 surveyed parcels in Wattle Flat, the median lot size is about 76,641 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Wattle Flat?

At the 2021 Census Wattle Flat had 104 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Creswick - Clunes statistical area, which contains Wattle Flat, went from 7,467 people in 2001 to 8,038 in 2025, up 8%.

Is Wattle Flat an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wattle Flat scores 1029 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 Wattle Flat?

Median household income in Wattle Flat was $2,250 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,798 for the typical suburb in Moorabool.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Clarkes Hill 3.5 km Not mapped 100%
Glen Park
Ballarat		 3.6 km 6% 100%
Dean
Hepburn		 3.9 km 5% 100%
Cabbage Tree
Hepburn		 4.0 km 0% 100%
Chapel Flat
Ballarat		 4.4 km <1% 100%
Pootilla 5.2 km <1% 100%
Invermay
Ballarat		 6.5 km 15% 100%
Bullarook 6.7 km 11% 100%
Gong Gong
Ballarat		 7.3 km 9% 100%
Springmount
Hepburn		 7.6 km Not mapped 100%

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