Dookie flood map & planning overlays
Dookie keeps 14 heritage places, median 48, on 7,221 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Dookie
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 70.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
70.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dookie'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 Dookie
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: 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.
Dookie at a glance
How Dookie is zoned
Selling in Dookie? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 70.02 km², Dookie 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 14 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 7,221 m² across 492 parcels.
Who lives in Dookie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dookie 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 983, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Dookie's 333 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Shepparton Surrounds - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dookie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dookie itself.
4,206 in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
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.
Dookie 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 Dookie 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 →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 Dookie lot.
Dookie planning - frequently asked
Is Dookie flood-prone?
About 10% of Dookie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Dookie bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Dookie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Dookie under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Dookie in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Dookie?
The dominant planning zone in Dookie is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Township Zone (TZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Dookie have heritage-listed places?
Dookie has 14 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Dookie?
Across 492 surveyed parcels in Dookie, the median lot size is about 7,221 m². There are also 49 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Dookie?
At the 2021 Census Dookie had 333 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Shepparton Surrounds - East statistical area, which contains Dookie, went from 4,206 people in 2001 to 4,055 in 2025, down 4%.
Is Dookie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dookie scores 983 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 Dookie?
Median household income in Dookie was $1,317 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,034 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Major | 3.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Yabba South Moira |
6.4 km | 51% | 100% |
| Dookie College | 6.8 km | 6% | 100% |
| Major Plains | 7.2 km | 18% | 100% |
| Cosgrove | 8.2 km | 39% | 100% |
| Boxwood Benalla |
8.7 km | 19% | 100% |
| Nalinga | 10.5 km | 74% | 100% |
| Cosgrove South | 11.3 km | 77% | 100% |
| Yabba North Moira |
11.4 km | 60% | 100% |
| Waggarandall Moira |
11.4 km | 26% | 100% |