Barwidgee flood map & planning overlays
Barwidgee keeps 4 ha conservation lots at 100% bushfire, median 50.
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A planning-constraint profile of Barwidgee
(Alpine, VIC) - 29.62 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
29.62 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barwidgee's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Barwidgee
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: observed, lowest 9,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Barwidgee at a glance
How Barwidgee is zoned
Selling in Barwidgee? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 29.62 km², Barwidgee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 35,454 m² across 157 parcels.
Who lives in Barwidgee
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Barwidgee 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 1020, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Barwidgee's 96 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Myrtleford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Barwidgee. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Barwidgee itself.
4,714 in 2001 to 4,635 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Barwidgee 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.
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Barwidgee planning - frequently asked
Is Barwidgee flood-prone?
About 3% of Barwidgee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Barwidgee bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Barwidgee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
Is Barwidgee under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Barwidgee 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 Barwidgee?
The dominant planning zone in Barwidgee is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Barwidgee have heritage-listed places?
Barwidgee has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Barwidgee?
Across 157 surveyed parcels in Barwidgee, the median lot size is about 35,454 m². There are also 32 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Barwidgee?
At the 2021 Census Barwidgee had 96 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Myrtleford statistical area, which contains Barwidgee, went from 4,714 people in 2001 to 4,635 in 2025, down 2%.
Is Barwidgee an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Barwidgee scores 1020 and sits in decile 7 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 Barwidgee?
Median household income in Barwidgee was $1,312 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,406 for the typical suburb in Alpine. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,697 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudgegonga | 7.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Gapsted | 7.6 km | 13% | 100% |
| Myrtleford | 7.9 km | 17% | 100% |
| Merriang | 10.2 km | 49% | 100% |
| Ovens | 10.4 km | 31% | 100% |
| Murmungee Wangaratta |
10.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Rosewhite | 11.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| Bruarong Indigo |
13.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Whorouly East Wangaratta |
13.6 km | 20% | 100% |
| Merriang South | 13.7 km | 10% | 100% |