Culgoa flood map & planning overlays
Culgoa is Buloke's oldest (62) with 16 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Culgoa
(Buloke, VIC) - 162.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
162.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Culgoa's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Culgoa at a glance
How Culgoa is zoned
Selling in Culgoa? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 162.02 km², Culgoa is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 16 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 10,340 m² across 288 parcels.
Who lives in Culgoa
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Culgoa 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 Culgoa's 86 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Culgoa. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Culgoa 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.
Culgoa 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 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 Culgoa address
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Culgoa planning - frequently asked
Is Culgoa flood-prone?
About 10% of Culgoa falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Culgoa bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Culgoa is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Culgoa?
The dominant planning zone in Culgoa is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Culgoa have heritage-listed places?
Culgoa has 16 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Culgoa?
Across 288 surveyed parcels in Culgoa, the median lot size is about 10,340 m². There are also 45 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Culgoa have a train station?
There is no train station inside Culgoa itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Culgoa?
At the 2021 Census Culgoa had 86 usual residents, with a median age of 62 and an average household size of 1.6 people. The wider Buloke statistical area, which contains Culgoa, went from 7,223 people in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
Is Culgoa an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Culgoa 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 Culgoa?
Median household income in Culgoa was $1,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,042 for the typical suburb in Buloke. Median rent was $55 a week and the median mortgage repayment $542 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warne | 9.5 km | 11% | 100% |
| Sutton | 12.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cokum | 13.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Wangie | 14.6 km | 43% | 100% |
| Springfield (Sea Lake) | 14.9 km | 6% | 100% |
| Murnungin Swan Hill |
15.2 km | 12% | 100% |
| Berriwillock | 15.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Nullawil | 17.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Jil Jil | 18.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Chinangin Swan Hill |
20.3 km | 18% | 100% |