Bunguluke flood map & planning overlays
Bunguluke's 65 ha farms are 73.3% flood-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bunguluke
(Buloke, VIC) - 110.0 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
110.0 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bunguluke's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Bunguluke at a glance
How Bunguluke is zoned
Selling in Bunguluke? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 110.0 km², Bunguluke is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 73% 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 Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 649,066 m² across 125 parcels.
Who lives in Bunguluke
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bunguluke 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 988, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bunguluke. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bunguluke 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.
Bunguluke 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 15 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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Bunguluke planning - frequently asked
Is Bunguluke flood-prone?
About 73% of Bunguluke falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Bunguluke bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Bunguluke is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Bunguluke?
The dominant planning zone in Bunguluke is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Bunguluke have heritage-listed places?
Bunguluke has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bunguluke?
Across 125 surveyed parcels in Bunguluke, the median lot size is about 649,066 m².
Is Bunguluke an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bunguluke scores 988 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenloth East | 8.1 km | 72% | 100% |
| Jeruk | 8.2 km | 91% | 100% |
| Glenloth | 9.0 km | 100% | 100% |
| Ninyeunook Gannawarra |
11.6 km | 83% | 100% |
| Wycheproof | 12.5 km | 71% | 100% |
| Nareewillock | 13.1 km | 86% | 100% |
| Towaninny South | 13.5 km | 16% | 100% |
| Lake Marmal Loddon |
15.7 km | 80% | 100% |
| Teddywaddy | 15.8 km | 84% | 100% |
| Barraport West Loddon |
17.0 km | 86% | 100% |