Cosgrove flood map & planning overlays
Cosgrove locals sit at 55, 3rd-oldest of 47 in Greater Shepparton.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cosgrove
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 48.43 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
48.43 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cosgrove's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cosgrove
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Cosgrove at a glance
How Cosgrove is zoned
Selling in Cosgrove? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 48.43 km², Cosgrove is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 39% 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 (FZ1). The median lot measures about 17,108 m² across 236 parcels.
Who lives in Cosgrove
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cosgrove 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 1051, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Shepparton Surrounds - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cosgrove. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cosgrove itself.
4,206 in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
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.
Cosgrove 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 | Observed | 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 Cosgrove 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 →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Cosgrove lot.
Cosgrove planning - frequently asked
Is Cosgrove flood-prone?
About 39% of Cosgrove falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Cosgrove bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cosgrove is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Cosgrove under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Cosgrove in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Cosgrove?
The dominant planning zone in Cosgrove is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Cosgrove have heritage-listed places?
Cosgrove has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cosgrove?
Across 236 surveyed parcels in Cosgrove, the median lot size is about 17,108 m². There are also 38 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cosgrove?
At the 2021 Census Cosgrove had 50 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Shepparton Surrounds - East statistical area, which contains Cosgrove, went from 4,206 people in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
Is Cosgrove an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cosgrove scores 1051 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cosgrove?
Median household income in Cosgrove was $1,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,040 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lodge | 6.9 km | 88% | 98% |
| Mount Major | 7.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cosgrove South | 7.5 km | 77% | 100% |
| Dookie | 8.2 km | 10% | 100% |
| Yabba South Moira |
9.1 km | 51% | 100% |
| Dookie College | 9.2 km | 6% | 100% |
| Katandra | 10.9 km | 18% | 100% |
| Katandra West | 11.6 km | 17% | 100% |
| Marionvale | 12.2 km | 67% | 100% |
| Shepparton East | 12.8 km | 48% | 23% |