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Carboor flood map & planning overlays

Carboor's 10 ha farms are bushfire-mapped throughout, median 47.

A planning-constraint profile of Carboor (Wangaratta, VIC) - 122.69 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Carboor's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Carboor

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

No aircraft observed
0%
of the suburb, in the sampled period - a floor, not a census

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.

Carboor at a glance

Parcels 237 Median lot 97,507 m² Mapped easements 87

How Carboor is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 78%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 22%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ3) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 0%

Selling in Carboor? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 122.69 km², Carboor is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 97,507 m² across 237 parcels.

Who lives in Carboor

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Carboor suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
97
usual residents, 2021
Median age
47
years
Median household income
$1,275
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $1,531
Median rent
$120
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $250
Median mortgage
$1,750
per month
Household size
2.5
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1019, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Carboor's 97 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 10.3%
5-14 13.4%
15-19 5.2%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 13.4%
35-44 10.3%
45-54 4.1%
55-64 20.6%
65-74 19.6%
75-84 3.1%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Wangaratta Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Carboor. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Carboor 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.

Carboor data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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.

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Carboor planning - frequently asked

Is Carboor flood-prone?

About 3% of Carboor falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.

Is Carboor bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Carboor is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.

Is Carboor under a flight path?

No aircraft were observed over Carboor 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 Carboor?

The dominant planning zone in Carboor is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ3).

Does Carboor have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Carboor.

What is the typical lot size in Carboor?

Across 237 surveyed parcels in Carboor, the median lot size is about 97,507 m². There are also 87 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Carboor?

At the 2021 Census Carboor had 97 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains Carboor, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.

Is Carboor an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Carboor scores 1019 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Carboor?

Median household income in Carboor was $1,275 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $120 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,750 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Whorouly South 7.5 km Not mapped 100%
Meadow Creek 9.6 km 7% 100%
Buffalo River
Alpine
10.0 km 15% 100%
Edi Upper 11.4 km 3% 100%
Merriang South
Alpine
12.2 km 10% 100%
Edi 12.3 km 22% 100%
Bobinawarrah 13.4 km 9% 100%
King Valley 13.6 km 22% 100%
Whorouly East 13.8 km 20% 100%
Whorouly 14.6 km 51% 100%

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