Cowangie flood map & planning overlays
Cowangie: 142 ha farms, 7 heritage places, all bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cowangie
(Mildura, VIC) - 433.45 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
433.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cowangie's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cowangie at a glance
How Cowangie is zoned
Selling in Cowangie? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 433.45 km², Cowangie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,422,186 m² across 275 parcels.
Who lives in Cowangie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cowangie 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 1060, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mildura Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cowangie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cowangie itself.
4,564 in 2001 to 3,779 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.
Cowangie 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 | Not watched | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian 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 Cowangie address
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Cowangie planning - frequently asked
Is Cowangie flood-prone?
About 3% of Cowangie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Cowangie bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cowangie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mildura average of 82%.
What is the zoning in Cowangie?
The dominant planning zone in Cowangie is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Cowangie have heritage-listed places?
Cowangie has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cowangie?
Across 275 surveyed parcels in Cowangie, the median lot size is about 1,422,186 m².
Does Cowangie have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cowangie itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
Is Cowangie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cowangie scores 1060 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tutye | 11.1 km | 5% | 100% |
| Murrayville | 13.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| Boinka | 20.7 km | 22% | 100% |
| Carina | 24.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Linga | 30.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| Panitya | 33.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Underbool | 41.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Big Desert | 51.0 km | 3% | 100% |
| Torrita | 52.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Walpeup | 62.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |