Zeerust flood map & planning overlays
Zeerust farms 6 ha lots, 69.9% flood, young at 39.
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A planning-constraint profile of Zeerust
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 18.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
18.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Zeerust's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Zeerust
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 to
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.
Zeerust at a glance
How Zeerust is zoned
Selling in Zeerust? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 18.02 km², Zeerust is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 70% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 86% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 61,852 m² across 88 parcels.
Who lives in Zeerust
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Zeerust 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 1011, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Zeerust's 147 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Shepparton Surrounds - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Zeerust. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Zeerust itself.
4,206 in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
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.
Zeerust 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 29 September 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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Zeerust planning - frequently asked
Is Zeerust flood-prone?
About 70% of Zeerust falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Zeerust bushfire-prone?
Around 86% of Zeerust is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Zeerust under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Zeerust in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Zeerust?
The dominant planning zone in Zeerust is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Zeerust have heritage-listed places?
Zeerust has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Zeerust?
Across 88 surveyed parcels in Zeerust, the median lot size is about 61,852 m². There are also 71 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Zeerust?
At the 2021 Census Zeerust had 147 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Shepparton Surrounds - East statistical area, which contains Zeerust, went from 4,206 people in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
Is Zeerust an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Zeerust scores 1011 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Zeerust?
Median household income in Zeerust was $1,812 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $230 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,509 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallygaroopna | 5.2 km | 77% | 100% |
| Shepparton North | 5.4 km | 69% | 52% |
| Bunbartha | 5.6 km | 75% | 93% |
| Congupna | 6.8 km | 59% | 96% |
| Coomboona | 9.1 km | 96% | 94% |
| Grahamvale | 9.2 km | 18% | 9% |
| Mooroopna North | 9.5 km | 61% | 94% |
| Lemnos | 10.3 km | 46% | 47% |
| Shepparton | 11.1 km | 70% | 37% |
| Marionvale | 11.4 km | 67% | 100% |