Bona Vista flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Bona Vista flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 5% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Bona Vista address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 5% of Bona Vista falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Bona Vista is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 100%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Bona Vista is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ2). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Bona Vista has 1 heritage-listed place on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 88 surveyed parcels in Bona Vista, the median lot size is about 159,931 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

At the 2021 Census Bona Vista had 107 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Warragul statistical area, which contains Bona Vista, went from 14,203 people in 2001 to 25,392 in 2025, up 79%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Bona Vista alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bona Vista scores 1029 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Bona Vista was $1,850 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,614 for the typical suburb in Baw Baw. Median rent was $285 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,700 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Bona Vista planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.