Areas / Swan Hill / Chillingollah

Chillingollah flood map & planning overlays

Chillingollah sits on 1,886 m² farm lots with 12.7% flood mapping.

A planning-constraint profile of Chillingollah (Swan Hill, VIC) - 41.32 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 Chillingollah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Chillingollah at a glance

Parcels 126 Median lot 1,886 m²

How Chillingollah is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 78%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 21%
Transport Zone (TRZ1) 1%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 0%

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

Across its 41.32 km², Chillingollah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,886 m² across 126 parcels.

Who lives in Chillingollah

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

Population
3
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 981, 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 Swan Hill Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chillingollah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chillingollah 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.

Chillingollah 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 pathsNot watchedadsb.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.

Check a specific Chillingollah 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 →

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Chillingollah lot.

Chillingollah planning - frequently asked

Is Chillingollah flood-prone?

About 13% of Chillingollah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%.

Is Chillingollah bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Chillingollah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Swan Hill average of 87%.

What is the zoning in Chillingollah?

The dominant planning zone in Chillingollah is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).

Does Chillingollah have heritage-listed places?

Chillingollah has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Chillingollah?

Across 126 surveyed parcels in Chillingollah, the median lot size is about 1,886 m².

Is Chillingollah an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chillingollah scores 981 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
Polisbet 10.0 km Not mapped 100%
Tyrrell Downs
Buloke
11.4 km 11% 100%
Turoar 11.4 km Not mapped 100%
Waitchie 13.6 km 20% 100%
Chinkapook 14.1 km 0% 100%
Nyrraby 17.1 km Not mapped 100%
Tyrrell
Buloke
18.0 km <1% 100%
Gowanford 19.9 km Not mapped 100%
Nowie 20.1 km Not mapped 100%
Lake Tyrrell
Buloke
20.5 km 89% 4%

See all Swan Hill suburb profiles →