Cabarita flood map & planning overlays
Cabarita households take $2,233, 2nd in Mildura.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cabarita
(Mildura, VIC) - 5.42 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
5.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cabarita's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cabarita
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast; observed aircraft traffic is a separate question - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
3% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Cabarita at a glance
How Cabarita is zoned
Selling in Cabarita? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 5.42 km², Cabarita is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 42% 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 4,018 m² across 294 parcels.
Who lives in Cabarita
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cabarita 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 1033, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cabarita's 482 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Merbein, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cabarita. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cabarita itself.
4,834 in 2001 to 4,971 in 2025, up 3%.
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.
Cabarita 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) | Inside a held contour | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Not watched | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 29 September 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 Cabarita 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 →Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Cabarita lot.
Cabarita planning - frequently asked
Is Cabarita flood-prone?
About 8% of Cabarita falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Cabarita bushfire-prone?
Around 42% of Cabarita is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mildura average of 82%.
Is Cabarita affected by aircraft noise?
About 3% of Cabarita sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
What is the zoning in Cabarita?
The dominant planning zone in Cabarita is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ2).
Does Cabarita have heritage-listed places?
Cabarita has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cabarita?
Across 294 surveyed parcels in Cabarita, the median lot size is about 4,018 m². There are also 142 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cabarita have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cabarita itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.
What is the population of Cabarita?
At the 2021 Census Cabarita had 482 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Merbein statistical area, which contains Cabarita, went from 4,834 people in 2001 to 4,971 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Cabarita an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cabarita scores 1033 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cabarita?
Median household income in Cabarita was $2,233 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,318 for the typical suburb in Mildura. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdwoodton | 1.5 km | 8% | 38% |
| Mildura | 4.8 km | 28% | 11% |
| Merbein | 5.9 km | 34% | 35% |
| Merbein South | 7.0 km | 10% | 46% |
| Merbein West | 8.2 km | 8% | 70% |
| Irymple | 10.1 km | 16% | 26% |
| Koorlong | 11.0 km | 6% | 98% |
| Cardross | 11.7 km | 15% | 64% |
| Nichols Point | 12.0 km | 60% | 35% |
| Yelta | 12.5 km | 49% | 55% |