Birchip flood map & planning overlays
Birchip has more heritage places than any Buloke town, 40.
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A planning-constraint profile of Birchip
(Buloke, VIC) - 114.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
114.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Birchip's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Birchip at a glance
How Birchip is zoned
Selling in Birchip? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 114.36 km², Birchip is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 40 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,106 m² across 1,015 parcels.
Who lives in Birchip
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Birchip 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 972, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Birchip's 694 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Birchip. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Birchip itself.
7,223 in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
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.
Birchip 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | 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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Birchip planning - frequently asked
Is Birchip flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Birchip and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 34%).
Is Birchip bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Birchip is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Birchip?
The dominant planning zone in Birchip is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ7) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Birchip have heritage-listed places?
Birchip has 40 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Birchip?
Across 1,015 surveyed parcels in Birchip, the median lot size is about 1,106 m². There are also 71 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Birchip have a train station?
There is no train station inside Birchip itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Birchip?
At the 2021 Census Birchip had 694 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Buloke statistical area, which contains Birchip, went from 7,223 people in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
Is Birchip an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Birchip scores 972 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Birchip?
Median household income in Birchip was $1,171 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,042 for the typical suburb in Buloke. Median rent was $155 a week and the median mortgage repayment $758 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Plains | 8.5 km | 39% | 100% |
| Karyrie | 9.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Birchip West | 10.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Whirily | 10.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Narraport | 13.2 km | 8% | 100% |
| Ballapur | 16.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Watchem | 17.4 km | 30% | 100% |
| Thalia | 18.8 km | 78% | 100% |
| Warmur | 19.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Corack East | 19.9 km | 14% | 100% |