Westmere flood map & planning overlays
Westmere: 19 ha farms at 100% bushfire, with 5 heritage places and a median of 46.
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A planning-constraint profile of Westmere
(Ararat, VIC) - 85.73 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
85.73 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Westmere'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 Westmere
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.
Westmere at a glance
How Westmere is zoned
Selling in Westmere? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 85.73 km², Westmere is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 187,530 m² across 330 parcels.
Who lives in Westmere
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Westmere 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 1027, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Westmere's 62 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ararat Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Westmere. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Westmere itself.
3,183 in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 0%.
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.
Westmere 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 Westmere 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Westmere. 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 Westmere lot.
Westmere planning - frequently asked
Is Westmere flood-prone?
About 3% of Westmere falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 5%.
Is Westmere bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Westmere is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ararat average of 100%.
Is Westmere under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Westmere, and over about 12% 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 500 ft, with an average of 5,500 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 Westmere?
The dominant planning zone in Westmere is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).
Does Westmere have heritage-listed places?
Westmere has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Westmere?
Across 330 surveyed parcels in Westmere, the median lot size is about 187,530 m².
Does Westmere have a train station?
There is no train station inside Westmere itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Westmere?
At the 2021 Census Westmere had 62 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Ararat Surrounds statistical area, which contains Westmere, went from 3,183 people in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 0%.
Is Westmere an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Westmere scores 1027 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Westmere?
Median household income in Westmere was $1,625 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,370 for the typical suburb in Ararat. Median rent was $35 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,116 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mininera | 8.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Lake Bolac | 10.4 km | 9% | 96% |
| Nerrin Nerrin | 10.8 km | 12% | 100% |
| Streatham | 12.3 km | 6% | 100% |
| Carranballac Pyrenees |
18.4 km | <1% | 100% |
| Pura Pura Moyne |
19.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Lake Wongan Pyrenees |
19.2 km | 8% | 100% |
| Rossbridge | 19.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tatyoon | 20.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Wickliffe | 21.4 km | <1% | 100% |