Areas / Buloke / Kalpienung

Kalpienung flood map & planning overlays

Kalpienung spreads to 90 ha a farm, just 7.5% flood-mapped.

A planning-constraint profile of Kalpienung (Buloke, VIC) - 130.13 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 Kalpienung's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

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Kalpienung at a glance

Parcels 129 Median lot 901,545 m² Mapped easements 32

How Kalpienung is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 98%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%

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

Across its 130.13 km², Kalpienung is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 901,545 m² across 129 parcels.

Who lives in Kalpienung

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

Population
28
usual residents, 2021

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

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

7,223 in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.

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.

Kalpienung 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 pathsWatched, not yet sampled hereadsb.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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Kalpienung planning - frequently asked

Is Kalpienung flood-prone?

About 8% of Kalpienung falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.

Is Kalpienung bushfire-prone?

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

What is the zoning in Kalpienung?

The dominant planning zone in Kalpienung is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Kalpienung have heritage-listed places?

Kalpienung has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Kalpienung?

Across 129 surveyed parcels in Kalpienung, the median lot size is about 901,545 m². There are also 32 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Kalpienung an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kalpienung scores 994 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Towaninny 8.0 km 37% 100%
Cokum 10.8 km 4% 100%
Towaninny South 11.6 km 16% 100%
Nullawil 12.5 km 1% 100%
Tittybong 12.7 km 58% 100%
Dumosa 13.1 km 14% 100%
Warne 16.0 km 11% 100%
Wangie 17.3 km 43% 100%
Ninyeunook
Gannawarra
19.3 km 83% 100%
Culgoa 21.2 km 10% 100%

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