Harston flood map & planning overlays
Harston holds 15 ha farm lots, a third flood-mapped at 33.3%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Harston
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 42.77 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
42.77 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Harston's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Harston
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.
Harston at a glance
How Harston is zoned
Selling in Harston? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 42.77 km², Harston is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 33% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 152,828 m² across 177 parcels.
Who lives in Harston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Harston 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 987, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Harston's 167 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Shepparton Surrounds - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Harston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Harston itself.
9,964 in 2001 to 10,346 in 2025, up 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.
Harston 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.
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Harston planning - frequently asked
Is Harston flood-prone?
About 33% of Harston falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Harston bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Harston is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Harston under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Harston in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Harston?
The dominant planning zone in Harston is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Harston have heritage-listed places?
Harston has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Harston?
Across 177 surveyed parcels in Harston, the median lot size is about 152,828 m². There are also 238 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Harston?
At the 2021 Census Harston had 167 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Shepparton Surrounds - West statistical area, which contains Harston, went from 9,964 people in 2001 to 10,346 in 2025, up 4%.
Is Harston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Harston scores 987 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 Harston?
Median household income in Harston was $1,781 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $230 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,370 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girgarre East | 4.2 km | 40% | 100% |
| Waranga | 5.7 km | 23% | 100% |
| Byrneside | 6.6 km | 36% | 100% |
| Cooma | 6.9 km | 22% | 100% |
| Stanhope South | 7.8 km | 12% | 100% |
| Kyabram South | 9.3 km | 33% | 100% |
| Tatura | 9.4 km | 34% | 88% |
| Waranga Shores Campaspe |
10.2 km | 56% | 62% |
| Merrigum | 11.0 km | 40% | 87% |
| Stanhope Campaspe |
12.2 km | 27% | 100% |