Wickliffe flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Wickliffe
(Ararat, VIC) - 164.97 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
164.97 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wickliffe'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 Wickliffe
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.
Wickliffe at a glance
How Wickliffe is zoned
Selling in Wickliffe? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 164.97 km², Wickliffe 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 12 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 23,672 m² across 474 parcels.
Who lives in Wickliffe
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wickliffe 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 1061, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wickliffe's 123 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ararat Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wickliffe. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wickliffe 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.
Wickliffe 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 Wickliffe 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 4% of Wickliffe. 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 Wickliffe lot.
Wickliffe planning - frequently asked
Is Wickliffe flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Wickliffe and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 5%).
Is Wickliffe bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Wickliffe is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ararat average of 100%.
Is Wickliffe under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Wickliffe, and over about 22% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 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 Wickliffe?
The dominant planning zone in Wickliffe is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Township Zone (TZ).
Does Wickliffe have heritage-listed places?
Wickliffe has 12 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Wickliffe?
Across 474 surveyed parcels in Wickliffe, the median lot size is about 23,672 m². There are also 95 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Wickliffe have a train station?
There is no train station inside Wickliffe itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Wickliffe?
At the 2021 Census Wickliffe had 123 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Ararat Surrounds statistical area, which contains Wickliffe, went from 3,183 people in 2001 to 3,181 in 2025, down 0%.
Is Wickliffe an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wickliffe scores 1061 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wickliffe?
Median household income in Wickliffe was $1,166 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,370 for the typical suburb in Ararat. Median rent was $125 a week and the median mortgage repayment $867 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrapumelap South | 8.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Lake Bolac | 11.1 km | 9% | 96% |
| Stavely | 14.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Chatsworth Moyne |
15.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Glenthompson Southern Grampians |
16.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Willaura | 20.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Woorndoo Moyne |
21.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Nareeb Moyne |
21.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Westmere | 21.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Rossbridge | 23.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |