Charlton flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Charlton has Buloke's top rent, $200, and 36 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Charlton
(Buloke, VIC) - 244.59 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
244.59 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Charlton's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Charlton at a glance
How Charlton is zoned
Selling in Charlton? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 244.59 km², Charlton is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 47% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 36 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 2,023 m² across 1,677 parcels.
Who lives in Charlton
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Charlton 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 921, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Charlton's 1,095 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Charlton. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Charlton itself.
7,223 in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
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.
Charlton 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | 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 Charlton address
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Charlton planning - frequently asked
Is Charlton flood-prone?
About 47% of Charlton falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Charlton bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Charlton is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Charlton?
The dominant planning zone in Charlton is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Township Zone (TZ).
Does Charlton have heritage-listed places?
Charlton has 36 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Charlton?
Across 1,677 surveyed parcels in Charlton, the median lot size is about 2,023 m². There are also 150 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Charlton have a train station?
There is no train station inside Charlton itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Charlton?
At the 2021 Census Charlton had 1,095 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Buloke statistical area, which contains Charlton, went from 7,223 people in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
Is Charlton an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Charlton scores 921 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Charlton?
Median household income in Charlton was $958 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,042 for the typical suburb in Buloke. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $758 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrakee | 9.6 km | 70% | 100% |
| Teddywaddy | 9.7 km | 84% | 100% |
| Woosang | 10.8 km | 50% | 100% |
| Wooroonook | 11.8 km | 64% | 100% |
| Yeungroon East | 11.9 km | 23% | 100% |
| Yeungroon | 13.4 km | 23% | 100% |
| Buckrabanyule | 14.9 km | 5% | 100% |
| Teddywaddy West | 15.5 km | 100% | 100% |
| Nareewillock | 15.9 km | 86% | 100% |
| Glenloth | 16.7 km | 100% | 100% |