Dandongadale flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Dandongadale
(Alpine, VIC) - 301.09 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
301.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dandongadale's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Dandongadale
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 9,500 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.
Dandongadale at a glance
How Dandongadale is zoned
Selling in Dandongadale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 301.09 km², Dandongadale is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls 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 Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 94,695 m² across 175 parcels.
Who lives in Dandongadale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dandongadale 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 1005, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bright - Mount Beauty, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dandongadale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dandongadale itself.
8,111 in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Dandongadale 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 Dandongadale address
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Dandongadale planning - frequently asked
Is Dandongadale flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Dandongadale and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 8%).
Is Dandongadale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Dandongadale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
Is Dandongadale under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Dandongadale in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Dandongadale?
The dominant planning zone in Dandongadale is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ).
Does Dandongadale have heritage-listed places?
Dandongadale has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Dandongadale?
Across 175 surveyed parcels in Dandongadale, the median lot size is about 94,695 m².
Is Dandongadale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dandongadale scores 1005 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Buffalo | 12.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Buckland | 16.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Rose River Wangaratta |
16.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Nug Nug | 18.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Edi Upper Wangaratta |
20.3 km | 3% | 100% |
| Buffalo River | 20.6 km | 15% | 100% |
| Wandiligong | 21.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| Abbeyard | 22.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Eurobin | 23.9 km | 15% | 100% |
| Porepunkah | 24.6 km | 6% | 100% |