Cope Cope flood map & planning overlays
Cope Cope copes with 35.1% flood mapping across 7 ha farms.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cope Cope
(Buloke, VIC) - 143.81 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
143.81 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cope Cope's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cope Cope at a glance
How Cope Cope is zoned
Selling in Cope Cope? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 143.81 km², Cope Cope is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 35% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 68,919 m² across 379 parcels.
Who lives in Cope Cope
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cope Cope 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 1004, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of St Arnaud, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cope Cope. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cope Cope itself.
4,075 in 2001 to 3,394 in 2025, down 17%.
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.
Cope Cope 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 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.
Check a specific Cope Cope address
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Cope Cope planning - frequently asked
Is Cope Cope flood-prone?
About 35% of Cope Cope falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Cope Cope bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cope Cope is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Cope Cope?
The dominant planning zone in Cope Cope is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).
Does Cope Cope have heritage-listed places?
Cope Cope has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cope Cope?
Across 379 surveyed parcels in Cope Cope, the median lot size is about 68,919 m². There are also 24 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Cope Cope an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cope Cope scores 1004 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanwater West Northern Grampians |
6.8 km | 10% | 100% |
| Swanwater Northern Grampians |
8.8 km | 29% | 100% |
| Avon Plains Northern Grampians |
12.9 km | 46% | 100% |
| Rich Avon | 13.4 km | 21% | 100% |
| Traynors Lagoon Northern Grampians |
13.4 km | 33% | 100% |
| Gooroc Northern Grampians |
13.6 km | 25% | 100% |
| Sutherland Northern Grampians |
14.6 km | 21% | 100% |
| Coonooer West Northern Grampians |
14.8 km | 39% | 100% |
| Rich Avon East Northern Grampians |
15.4 km | 86% | 100% |
| Gre Gre North Northern Grampians |
15.8 km | 21% | 100% |