Cowwarr flood map & planning overlays
Cowwarr counts 7 heritage places on its 2 ha Farming Zone lots, median 47.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cowwarr
(Wellington, VIC) - 66.98 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
66.98 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cowwarr'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 Cowwarr
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: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Cowwarr at a glance
How Cowwarr is zoned
Selling in Cowwarr? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 66.98 km², Cowwarr is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% 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 20,000 m² across 377 parcels.
Who lives in Cowwarr
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cowwarr 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 994, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cowwarr's 389 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rosedale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cowwarr. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cowwarr itself.
4,441 in 2001 to 5,020 in 2025, up 13%.
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.
Cowwarr 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 Cowwarr 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 22% of Cowwarr. 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 Cowwarr lot.
Cowwarr planning - frequently asked
Is Cowwarr flood-prone?
About 18% of Cowwarr falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Cowwarr bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cowwarr is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Cowwarr under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 22% of Cowwarr, and over about 37% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 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 Cowwarr?
The dominant planning zone in Cowwarr is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ1).
Does Cowwarr have heritage-listed places?
Cowwarr has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cowwarr?
Across 377 surveyed parcels in Cowwarr, the median lot size is about 20,000 m². There are also 142 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cowwarr have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cowwarr itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Cowwarr?
At the 2021 Census Cowwarr had 389 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Rosedale statistical area, which contains Cowwarr, went from 4,441 people in 2001 to 5,020 in 2025, up 13%.
Is Cowwarr an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cowwarr scores 994 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cowwarr?
Median household income in Cowwarr was $1,571 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,357 for the typical suburb in Wellington. Median rent was $215 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,262 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson | 6.1 km | 17% | 100% |
| Winnindoo | 7.3 km | 1% | 100% |
| Heyfield | 8.8 km | 28% | 99% |
| Seaton | 9.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Toongabbie Latrobe |
11.0 km | 2% | 100% |
| Glengarry | 11.8 km | 22% | 100% |
| Glengarry North Latrobe |
13.8 km | 5% | 100% |
| Nambrok | 14.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Walhalla East | 14.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Denison | 15.6 km | 17% | 100% |