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Greta South flood map & planning overlays

Greta South keeps 12 ha Farming Zone lots, locals 49 at the median.

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A planning-constraint profile of Greta South (Wangaratta, VIC) - 66.86 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 South'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 South

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
2%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
4,500 ft
averaging 6,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 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.

Greta South at a glance

Parcels 253 Median lot 124,537 m² Mapped easements 19

How Greta South is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 80%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 19%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 1%
Public Use Zone (PUZ2) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ3) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 0%

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

Across its 66.86 km², Greta South 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 Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 124,537 m² across 253 parcels.

Who lives in Greta South

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

Population
131
usual residents, 2021
Median age
49
years
Median household income
$1,531
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $1,531
Median rent
$205
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $250
Median mortgage
$1,344
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 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 997, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Greta South's 131 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.7%
5-14 9.6%
15-19 7.4%
20-24 4.4%
25-34 4.4%
35-44 12.6%
45-54 15.6%
55-64 17.8%
65-74 13.3%
75-84 5.9%
85+ 2.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

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Greta South planning - frequently asked

Is Greta South flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Greta South and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 17%).

Is Greta South bushfire-prone?

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

Is Greta South under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Greta South in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,500 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 South?

The dominant planning zone in Greta South is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ3).

Does Greta South have heritage-listed places?

Greta South has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Greta South?

Across 253 surveyed parcels in Greta South, the median lot size is about 124,537 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Greta South?

At the 2021 Census Greta South had 131 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains Greta South, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.

Is Greta South an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Greta South scores 997 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 South?

Median household income in Greta South was $1,531 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $205 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,344 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Upper Ryans Creek
Benalla		 4.2 km Not mapped 100%
Hansonville 6.1 km 1% 100%
Molyullah
Benalla		 8.3 km Not mapped 100%
Upper Lurg 8.5 km Not mapped 100%
Myrrhee 11.5 km 1% 100%
Greta West 12.3 km 26% 100%
Greta 13.4 km 2% 100%
Lurg
Benalla		 13.8 km Not mapped 100%
Moyhu 13.8 km 19% 100%
Tatong
Benalla		 14.5 km 2% 100%

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