Castle Donnington flood map & planning overlays
Castle Donnington has 8 ha farm lots, 28.8% flood, a median of 43.
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A planning-constraint profile of Castle Donnington
(Swan Hill, VIC) - 45.92 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
45.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Castle Donnington's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Castle Donnington at a glance
How Castle Donnington is zoned
Selling in Castle Donnington? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 45.92 km², Castle Donnington is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits 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 82,610 m² across 129 parcels.
Who lives in Castle Donnington
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Castle Donnington 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 1044, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Castle Donnington's 139 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Swan Hill Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Castle Donnington. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Castle Donnington itself.
7,254 in 2001 to 6,467 in 2025, down 11%.
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.
Castle Donnington 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 | Not watched | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 15 October 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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Castle Donnington planning - frequently asked
Is Castle Donnington flood-prone?
About 29% of Castle Donnington falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%.
Is Castle Donnington bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Castle Donnington is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Swan Hill average of 87%.
What is the zoning in Castle Donnington?
The dominant planning zone in Castle Donnington is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Castle Donnington have heritage-listed places?
Castle Donnington has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Castle Donnington?
Across 129 surveyed parcels in Castle Donnington, the median lot size is about 82,610 m². There are also 53 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Castle Donnington?
At the 2021 Census Castle Donnington had 139 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Swan Hill Surrounds statistical area, which contains Castle Donnington, went from 7,254 people in 2001 to 6,467 in 2025, down 11%.
Is Castle Donnington an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Castle Donnington scores 1044 and sits in decile 9 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 Castle Donnington?
Median household income in Castle Donnington was $1,541 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,390 for the typical suburb in Swan Hill. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,564 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Boga | 6.9 km | 62% | 75% |
| Swan Hill | 8.5 km | 11% | 86% |
| Pental Island | 10.6 km | 90% | 100% |
| Tresco West | 11.0 km | 11% | 76% |
| Kunat | 11.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tresco | 13.7 km | 52% | 72% |
| Fish Point | 14.1 km | 92% | 100% |
| Murrawee | 14.3 km | 33% | 38% |
| Goschen | 15.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Murraydale | 15.5 km | 100% | 100% |