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Corack flood map & planning overlays

Corack's 54 ha farms are 42.9% flood-mapped and fully bushfire-mapped.

A planning-constraint profile of Corack (Buloke, VIC) - 76.13 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 Corack's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

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Corack at a glance

Parcels 119 Median lot 538,371 m² Mapped easements 7

How Corack is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 99%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%

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

Across its 76.13 km², Corack is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 43% 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 538,371 m² across 119 parcels.

Who lives in Corack

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

Population
33
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 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1023, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Corack. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Corack 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.

Corack 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 pathsWatched, not yet sampled hereadsb.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.

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Corack planning - frequently asked

Is Corack flood-prone?

About 43% of Corack falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.

Is Corack bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Corack is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.

What is the zoning in Corack?

The dominant planning zone in Corack is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Corack have heritage-listed places?

Corack has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Corack?

Across 119 surveyed parcels in Corack, the median lot size is about 538,371 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Corack an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Corack scores 1023 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Corack East 4.5 km 14% 100%
Chirrip 9.7 km 99% 100%
Thalia 9.9 km 78% 100%
Jeffcott North 10.4 km 25% 100%
Granite Flat 10.4 km 95% 100%
Watchem 13.6 km 30% 100%
Donald 15.0 km 37% 99%
Massey 15.2 km 27% 100%
Wycheproof South 15.4 km 99% 100%
Morton Plains 15.7 km 39% 100%

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