Burrowye flood map & planning overlays
Burrowye keeps 11 ha Rural Activity Zone lots, all bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Burrowye
(Towong, VIC) - 132.38 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 10 October 2026.
Constraint readout
132.38 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Burrowye's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Burrowye
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 to
Night movements: observed, lowest 9,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Burrowye at a glance
How Burrowye is zoned
Selling in Burrowye? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 132.38 km², Burrowye is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Activity Zone (RAZ). The median lot measures about 109,107 m² across 236 parcels.
Who lives in Burrowye
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Burrowye 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 990, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Towong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Burrowye. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Burrowye 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.
Burrowye 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 10 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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Burrowye planning - frequently asked
Is Burrowye flood-prone?
About 4% of Burrowye falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Burrowye bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Burrowye is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Towong average of 97%.
Is Burrowye under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Burrowye in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). 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 Burrowye?
The dominant planning zone in Burrowye is Rural Activity Zone (RAZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Burrowye have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Burrowye.
What is the typical lot size in Burrowye?
Across 236 surveyed parcels in Burrowye, the median lot size is about 109,107 m².
Is Burrowye an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Burrowye scores 990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Alfred | 8.7 km | 10% | 100% |
| Thologolong | 11.3 km | 10% | 100% |
| Bungil | 13.6 km | 4% | 100% |
| Guys Forest | 13.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Walwa | 17.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| Koetong | 17.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Shelley | 19.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Berringama | 21.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Granya | 22.1 km | 6% | 98% |
| Bullioh | 23.4 km | 2% | 100% |