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Cargerie flood map & planning overlays

Cargerie keeps 15 ha farms, bushfire mapping throughout.

A planning-constraint profile of Cargerie (Moorabool, VIC) - 25.19 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cargerie'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cargerie

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

Under observed aircraft
76%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
22%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,000 ft
averaging 4,500 ft
Busiest square
~3 a day
±32%
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.

Cargerie at a glance

Parcels 49 Median lot 154,397 m² Mapped easements 11

How Cargerie is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 99%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 1%

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

Across its 25.19 km², Cargerie is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% 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 154,397 m² across 49 parcels.

Who lives in Cargerie

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

Population
38
usual residents, 2021

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 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 977, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Gordon (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Cargerie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cargerie itself.

5,350 in 2001 to 6,557 in 2025, up 23%.

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.

Cargerie 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 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 Cargerie address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 22% of Cargerie. 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 Cargerie lot.

Cargerie planning - frequently asked

Is Cargerie flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Cargerie and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 7%).

Is Cargerie bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Cargerie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.

Is Cargerie under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 22% of Cargerie, and over about 76% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Cargerie?

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

Does Cargerie have heritage-listed places?

Cargerie has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Cargerie?

Across 49 surveyed parcels in Cargerie, the median lot size is about 154,397 m². There are also 11 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Cargerie an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cargerie scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Grenville 6.2 km 7% 100%
Elaine 6.8 km 5% 100%
Mount Mercer
Golden Plains
8.1 km <1% 100%
Meredith
Golden Plains
10.2 km 4% 100%
Clarendon 11.7 km 10% 100%
Garibaldi
Golden Plains
11.7 km 18% 100%
Mount Doran 12.2 km 10% 100%
Durham Lead
Ballarat
13.2 km 5% 100%
Scotsburn
Ballarat
13.2 km 4% 100%
Morrisons 15.5 km 10% 100%

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