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Dockers Plains flood map & planning overlays

Dockers Plains: 23 ha Farming Zone lots, 15.1% flood, locals 50 at the median.

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A planning-constraint profile of Dockers Plains (Wangaratta, VIC) - 39.88 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dockers Plains'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Dockers Plains

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

Under observed aircraft
1%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
8,500 ft
averaging 8,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Dockers Plains at a glance

Parcels 139 Median lot 231,012 m² Mapped easements 48

How Dockers Plains is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 95%
Rural Living Zone (RLZ2) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ1) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 0%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 0%

Selling in Dockers Plains? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 39.88 km², Dockers Plains is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 231,012 m² across 139 parcels.

Who lives in Dockers Plains

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dockers Plains suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
59
usual residents, 2021
Median age
50
years
Median household income
$1,624
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $1,531
Median rent
$195
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $250
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.6
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 977, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Dockers Plains's 59 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.5%
5-14 16.4%
15-19 16.4%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 12.7%
35-44 0.0%
45-54 23.6%
55-64 14.5%
65-74 5.5%
75-84 5.5%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Wangaratta Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dockers Plains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dockers Plains itself.

9,151 in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.

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.

Dockers Plains data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Dockers Plains address

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Dockers Plains planning - frequently asked

Is Dockers Plains flood-prone?

About 15% of Dockers Plains falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.

Is Dockers Plains bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Dockers Plains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.

Is Dockers Plains under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Dockers Plains in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 8,500 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 Dockers Plains?

The dominant planning zone in Dockers Plains is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ2) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).

Does Dockers Plains have heritage-listed places?

Dockers Plains has 4 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Dockers Plains?

Across 139 surveyed parcels in Dockers Plains, the median lot size is about 231,012 m². There are also 48 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Dockers Plains?

At the 2021 Census Dockers Plains had 59 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains Dockers Plains, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.

Is Dockers Plains an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dockers Plains scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Dockers Plains?

Median household income in Dockers Plains was $1,624 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $195 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Bowser 3.4 km 0% 100%
North Wangaratta 3.7 km 56% 100%
Waldara 5.8 km 29% 88%
Boorhaman 6.6 km 11% 100%
Boralma 8.6 km 0% 100%
Wangaratta 8.9 km 41% 73%
East Wangaratta 9.2 km 34% 100%
Wangandary 10.6 km 0% 100%
Londrigan 11.1 km 5% 100%
Killawarra 11.4 km 12% 100%

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