Harrietville flood map & planning overlays
Harrietville is heritage-rich (37 places, 3rd in Alpine) and young for the shire at 45.
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A planning-constraint profile of Harrietville
(Alpine, VIC) - 117.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
117.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Harrietville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Harrietville at a glance
How Harrietville is zoned
Selling in Harrietville? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 117.03 km², Harrietville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 37 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 2,743 m² across 508 parcels.
Who lives in Harrietville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Harrietville 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 1018, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Harrietville's 488 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bright - Mount Beauty, the wider ABS statistical area containing Harrietville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Harrietville itself.
8,111 in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Harrietville 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 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 Harrietville address
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Harrietville planning - frequently asked
Is Harrietville flood-prone?
About 1% of Harrietville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Harrietville bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Harrietville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
What is the zoning in Harrietville?
The dominant planning zone in Harrietville is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Township Zone (TZ).
Does Harrietville have heritage-listed places?
Harrietville has 37 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Harrietville?
Across 508 surveyed parcels in Harrietville, the median lot size is about 2,743 m². There are also 111 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Harrietville have a train station?
There is no train station inside Harrietville itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Harrietville?
At the 2021 Census Harrietville had 488 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area, which contains Harrietville, went from 8,111 people in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Harrietville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Harrietville scores 1018 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Harrietville?
Median household income in Harrietville was $1,625 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,406 for the typical suburb in Alpine. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoko | 8.0 km | 2% | 100% |
| Wandiligong | 12.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Freeburgh | 13.2 km | 3% | 100% |
| Buckland | 13.7 km | 1% | 100% |
| Hotham Heights Mount Hotham Alpine Resort (Uninc) |
15.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tawonga South | 16.5 km | 1% | 100% |
| Falls Creek Falls Creek Alpine Resort (Uninc) |
17.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Germantown | 17.6 km | 1% | 100% |
| Bogong | 18.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Selwyn | 19.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |