Kerang East flood map & planning overlays
Kerang East: 4 ha farm lots with 64.7% flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kerang East
(Gannawarra, VIC) - 39.3 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
39.3 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kerang East's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kerang East
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast; observed aircraft traffic is a separate question - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Kerang East at a glance
How Kerang East is zoned
Selling in Kerang East? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 39.3 km², Kerang East is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 65% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 36,878 m² across 125 parcels.
Who lives in Kerang East
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kerang East 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 980, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gannawarra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kerang East. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kerang East itself.
7,625 in 2001 to 6,522 in 2025, down 14%.
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.
Kerang East 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 15 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 Kerang East address
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Kerang East planning - frequently asked
Is Kerang East flood-prone?
About 65% of Kerang East falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.
Is Kerang East bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Kerang East is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gannawarra average of 99%.
Is Kerang East affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of Kerang East sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
What is the zoning in Kerang East?
The dominant planning zone in Kerang East is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Kerang East have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kerang East.
What is the typical lot size in Kerang East?
Across 125 surveyed parcels in Kerang East, the median lot size is about 36,878 m². There are also 113 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Kerang East an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kerang East scores 980 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koroop | 6.4 km | 64% | 100% |
| Milnes Bridge | 7.0 km | 93% | 100% |
| Kerang | 8.8 km | 89% | 94% |
| Tragowel | 8.9 km | 55% | 100% |
| Macorna North | 9.3 km | 42% | 100% |
| Mead | 10.5 km | 22% | 100% |
| Teal Point | 10.5 km | 24% | 100% |
| Cullen | 12.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Gannawarra | 13.5 km | 10% | 100% |
| Westby | 15.3 km | 73% | 100% |