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Greta flood map & planning overlays

Greta's 22 ha farms are bushfire-mapped wall to wall, median 47.

A planning-constraint profile of Greta (Wangaratta, VIC) - 40.97 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 Greta'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 Greta

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
5,500 ft
averaging 7,500 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.

Greta at a glance

Parcels 128 Median lot 219,927 m² Mapped easements 46

How Greta is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 99%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 1%
Public Use Zone (PUZ5) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 0%

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

Across its 40.97 km², Greta is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 219,927 m² across 128 parcels.

Who lives in Greta

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

Population
86
usual residents, 2021
Median age
47
years
Median household income
$2,042
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $1,531
Median rent
$250
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $250
Median mortgage
$1,751
per month
Household size
2.5
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 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 995, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Greta's 86 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 0.0%
5-14 12.5%
15-19 14.8%
20-24 4.5%
25-34 8.0%
35-44 5.7%
45-54 19.3%
55-64 15.9%
65-74 5.7%
75-84 3.4%
85+ 10.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

Greta 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 Greta 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.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Greta lot.

Greta planning - frequently asked

Is Greta flood-prone?

About 2% of Greta falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.

Is Greta bushfire-prone?

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

Is Greta under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Greta 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 Greta?

The dominant planning zone in Greta is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ3) and Public Use Zone (PUZ5).

Does Greta have heritage-listed places?

Greta has 3 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Greta?

Across 128 surveyed parcels in Greta, the median lot size is about 219,927 m². There are also 46 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Greta?

At the 2021 Census Greta had 86 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains Greta, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.

Is Greta an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Greta scores 995 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 Greta?

Median household income in Greta was $2,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,751 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Greta West 5.9 km 26% 100%
Docker 7.4 km 26% 100%
Hansonville 9.0 km 1% 100%
Laceby 10.0 km 60% 100%
Upper Lurg 10.3 km Not mapped 100%
Moyhu 10.6 km 19% 100%
Glenrowan 11.6 km 0% 100%
Glenrowan West
Benalla
11.7 km Not mapped 100%
Oxley 12.3 km 34% 99%
Greta South 13.4 km <1% 100%

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