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Boorhaman East flood map & planning overlays

Boorhaman East is 25 ha farm country, 5th in Wangaratta for size.

A planning-constraint profile of Boorhaman East (Wangaratta, VIC) - 32.44 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Boorhaman East's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Boorhaman East

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 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026

No aircraft observed
0%
of the suburb, in the sampled period - a floor, not a census
Lowest measured
8,500 ft
averaging 9,000 ft

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.

Boorhaman East at a glance

Parcels 83 Median lot 249,791 m²

How Boorhaman East is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 95%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 4%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%

Selling in Boorhaman East? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 32.44 km², Boorhaman East is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 25% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 249,791 m² across 83 parcels.

Who lives in Boorhaman East

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Boorhaman East suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
13
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 977, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Wangaratta Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Boorhaman East. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Boorhaman East itself.

9,151 in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.

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.

Boorhaman East data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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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Boorhaman East planning - frequently asked

Is Boorhaman East flood-prone?

About 25% of Boorhaman East falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.

Is Boorhaman East bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Boorhaman East is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.

Is Boorhaman East under a flight path?

No aircraft were observed over Boorhaman East in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). 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 Boorhaman East?

The dominant planning zone in Boorhaman East is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ3).

Does Boorhaman East have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Boorhaman East.

What is the typical lot size in Boorhaman East?

Across 83 surveyed parcels in Boorhaman East, the median lot size is about 249,791 m².

Is Boorhaman East an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Boorhaman East scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Peechelba East 6.9 km 23% 100%
Boorhaman 7.3 km 11% 100%
Norong
Indigo
8.6 km 28% 100%
Boorhaman North 10.2 km 17% 100%
Boralma 10.3 km 0% 100%
Lilliput
Indigo
11.6 km 0% 100%
Dockers Plains 13.7 km 15% 100%
Springhurst 13.9 km 3% 100%
Peechelba
Moira
13.9 km 14% 100%
Brimin
Indigo
14.2 km 37% 100%

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