Bethanga flood map & planning overlays
Bethanga tenants pay $260, Towong's 2nd-highest rent.
A planning-constraint profile of Bethanga
(Towong, VIC) - 114.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 17 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
114.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bethanga'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 Bethanga
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 17 Oct 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Bethanga at a glance
How Bethanga is zoned
Selling in Bethanga? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 114.87 km², Bethanga is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 80% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Activity Zone (RAZ). The median lot measures about 19,999 m² across 971 parcels.
Who lives in Bethanga
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bethanga 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 1024, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bethanga's 485 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Towong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bethanga. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bethanga itself.
6,204 in 2001 to 6,155 in 2025, down 1%.
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.
Bethanga 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 17 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 Bethanga 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 5% of Bethanga. 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 Bethanga lot.
Bethanga planning - frequently asked
Is Bethanga flood-prone?
About 22% of Bethanga falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Bethanga bushfire-prone?
Around 80% of Bethanga is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Towong average of 97%.
Is Bethanga under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 5% of Bethanga, and over about 15% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Bethanga?
The dominant planning zone in Bethanga is Rural Activity Zone (RAZ), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ3).
Does Bethanga have heritage-listed places?
Bethanga has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bethanga?
Across 971 surveyed parcels in Bethanga, the median lot size is about 19,999 m². There are also 251 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Bethanga?
At the 2021 Census Bethanga had 485 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Towong statistical area, which contains Bethanga, went from 6,204 people in 2001 to 6,155 in 2025, down 1%.
Is Bethanga an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bethanga scores 1024 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 Bethanga?
Median household income in Bethanga was $1,840 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Towong. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,338 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebden Wodonga |
7.1 km | 63% | 40% |
| Jarvis Creek | 7.9 km | 7% | 95% |
| Bellbridge | 7.9 km | 44% | 51% |
| Huon Indigo |
8.8 km | 36% | 69% |
| Talgarno | 10.4 km | 19% | 86% |
| Tallangatta | 11.0 km | 18% | 92% |
| Bonegilla Wodonga |
11.8 km | 50% | 96% |
| Tangambalanga Indigo |
12.1 km | 19% | 100% |
| Old Tallangatta | 13.3 km | 80% | 100% |
| Georges Creek | 13.4 km | 4% | 100% |