Donald flood map & planning overlays
Donald, Buloke's biggest town at 1,472 people, rents for $180.
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A planning-constraint profile of Donald
(Buloke, VIC) - 312.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
312.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Donald's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Donald at a glance
How Donald is zoned
Selling in Donald? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 312.75 km², Donald is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 14 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,188 m² across 1,755 parcels.
Who lives in Donald
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Donald 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 906, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Donald's 1,472 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Donald. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Donald 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.
Donald 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 15 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Donald planning - frequently asked
Is Donald flood-prone?
About 37% of Donald falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Donald bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Donald is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Donald?
The dominant planning zone in Donald is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Donald have heritage-listed places?
Donald has 14 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Donald?
Across 1,755 surveyed parcels in Donald, the median lot size is about 1,188 m². There are also 309 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Donald have a train station?
There is no train station inside Donald itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Donald?
At the 2021 Census Donald had 1,472 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Buloke statistical area, which contains Donald, went from 7,223 people in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
Is Donald an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Donald scores 906 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Donald?
Median household income in Donald was $1,044 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,042 for the typical suburb in Buloke. Median rent was $180 a week and the median mortgage repayment $815 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Gil | 7.6 km | 10% | 100% |
| Litchfield | 10.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Jeffcott North | 11.3 km | 25% | 100% |
| Laen East | 11.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Massey | 12.5 km | 27% | 100% |
| Laen North | 13.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Corack | 15.0 km | 43% | 100% |
| Rich Avon | 16.1 km | 21% | 100% |
| Jeffcott | 16.8 km | 27% | 100% |
| Carron | 17.7 km | 0% | 100% |