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Weatherboard flood map & planning overlays

Weatherboard farms 8 ha lots, fully bushfire-mapped, home to a median of 56.

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A planning-constraint profile of Weatherboard (Ballarat, VIC) - 12.76 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 Weatherboard'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 Weatherboard

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
38%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,000 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.

Weatherboard at a glance

Parcels 88 Median lot 78,231 m² Mapped easements 1

How Weatherboard is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 100%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 0%

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

Across its 12.76 km², Weatherboard 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 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 78,231 m² across 88 parcels.

Who lives in Weatherboard

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

Population
52
usual residents, 2021
Median age
56
years
Median household income
$1,792
per week, Ballarat suburb typical $1,680
Median rent
$205
per week, Ballarat suburb typical $300
Median mortgage
$1,862
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 1038, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Weatherboard's 52 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 15.7%
5-14 5.9%
15-19 5.9%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 7.8%
35-44 9.8%
45-54 7.8%
55-64 27.5%
65-74 13.7%
75-84 5.9%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

Weatherboard 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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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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Weatherboard planning - frequently asked

Is Weatherboard flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Weatherboard and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 8%).

Is Weatherboard bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Weatherboard is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ballarat average of 68%.

Is Weatherboard under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 38% of Weatherboard in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Weatherboard?

The dominant planning zone in Weatherboard is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).

Does Weatherboard have heritage-listed places?

Weatherboard has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Weatherboard?

Across 88 surveyed parcels in Weatherboard, the median lot size is about 78,231 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Weatherboard?

At the 2021 Census Weatherboard had 52 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Creswick - Clunes statistical area, which contains Weatherboard, went from 7,467 people in 2001 to 8,038 in 2025, up 8%.

Is Weatherboard an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Weatherboard scores 1038 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 Weatherboard?

Median household income in Weatherboard was $1,792 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,680 for the typical suburb in Ballarat. Median rent was $205 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,862 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Addington 4.6 km Not mapped 100%
Learmonth 4.9 km 20% 100%
Ercildoune
Pyrenees		 6.0 km <1% 100%
Windermere 6.8 km 25% 100%
Burrumbeet 7.9 km 27% 100%
Mount Bolton 8.4 km 1% 100%
Coghills Creek 9.1 km Not mapped 100%
Cardigan Village 9.8 km 0% 21%
Blowhard 10.3 km 13% 100%
Glendaruel 11.2 km 4% 100%

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