Byawatha flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Byawatha
(Wangaratta, VIC) - 91.98 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
91.98 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Byawatha's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Byawatha
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
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.
Byawatha at a glance
How Byawatha is zoned
Selling in Byawatha? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 91.98 km², Byawatha is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 128,413 m² across 300 parcels.
Who lives in Byawatha
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Byawatha 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 1012, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Byawatha's 160 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wangaratta Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Byawatha. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Byawatha 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.
Byawatha 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 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.
Check a specific Byawatha address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Byawatha lot.
Byawatha planning - frequently asked
Is Byawatha flood-prone?
About 3% of Byawatha falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.
Is Byawatha bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Byawatha is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.
Is Byawatha under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Byawatha in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 ft. 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 Byawatha?
The dominant planning zone in Byawatha is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Byawatha have heritage-listed places?
Byawatha has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Byawatha?
Across 300 surveyed parcels in Byawatha, the median lot size is about 128,413 m². There are also 34 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Byawatha?
At the 2021 Census Byawatha had 160 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains Byawatha, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Byawatha an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Byawatha scores 1012 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Byawatha?
Median household income in Byawatha was $1,696 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,717 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldorado | 5.9 km | <1% | 100% |
| Londrigan | 6.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Boralma | 8.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Springhurst | 8.7 km | 3% | 100% |
| Bowser | 10.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tarrawingee | 10.8 km | 14% | 100% |
| East Wangaratta | 11.7 km | 34% | 100% |
| Dockers Plains | 12.2 km | 15% | 100% |
| Everton Upper | 12.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| North Wangaratta | 13.1 km | 56% | 100% |