Calulu flood map & planning overlays
Calulu households make $1,812 a week, 6th of 62 in East Gippsland.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Calulu
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 26.13 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
26.13 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Calulu'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 Calulu
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
typical observed square 1 a day
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.
Calulu at a glance
How Calulu is zoned
Selling in Calulu? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 26.13 km², Calulu is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ2). The median lot measures about 61,590 m² across 138 parcels.
Who lives in Calulu
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Calulu 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 961, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Calulu's 186 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bruthen - Omeo, the wider ABS statistical area containing Calulu. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Calulu itself.
6,909 in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
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.
Calulu 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 Calulu 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 Calulu lot.
Calulu planning - frequently asked
Is Calulu flood-prone?
About 10% of Calulu falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Calulu bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Calulu is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Calulu under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 52% of Calulu in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 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 Calulu?
The dominant planning zone in Calulu is Farming Zone (FZ2), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Farming Zone (FZ4).
Does Calulu have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Calulu.
What is the typical lot size in Calulu?
Across 138 surveyed parcels in Calulu, the median lot size is about 61,590 m². There are also 141 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Calulu?
At the 2021 Census Calulu had 186 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Bruthen - Omeo statistical area, which contains Calulu, went from 6,909 people in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Calulu an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Calulu scores 961 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Calulu?
Median household income in Calulu was $1,812 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $263 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,613 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenow | 3.7 km | 70% | 100% |
| Flaggy Creek | 4.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Melwood | 5.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Ellaswood | 5.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hillside (Bairnsdale) | 6.5 km | 17% | 100% |
| Wuk Wuk | 9.0 km | 7% | 100% |
| Wy Yung | 9.2 km | 17% | 99% |
| Mount Taylor | 9.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Walpa | 10.8 km | 34% | 100% |
| Woodglen | 11.0 km | 82% | 100% |