Kialla flood map & planning overlays
Kialla tops Greater Shepparton for rent, $380, with 8,667 residents.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kialla
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 65.09 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
65.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kialla's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Kialla
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
2% 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
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.
Kialla at a glance
How Kialla is zoned
Selling in Kialla? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 65.09 km², Kialla is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 85% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 91% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 14 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 908 m² across 4,560 parcels.
Who lives in Kialla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kialla 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 1014, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kialla's 8,667 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kialla, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kialla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kialla itself.
4,224 in 2001 to 10,295 in 2025, up 144%.
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.
Kialla 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 | 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.
Check a specific Kialla address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Kialla. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Kialla lot.
Kialla planning - frequently asked
Is Kialla flood-prone?
About 85% of Kialla falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Kialla bushfire-prone?
Around 91% of Kialla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Kialla affected by aircraft noise?
About 2% of Kialla 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.
Is Kialla under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Kialla, and over about 6% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 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 Kialla?
The dominant planning zone in Kialla is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Urban Floodway Zone (UFZ) and Farming Zone (FZ2).
Does Kialla have heritage-listed places?
Kialla has 14 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kialla?
Across 4,560 surveyed parcels in Kialla, the median lot size is about 908 m². There are also 2,993 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kialla have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kialla itself. The suburb is served by 26 bus stops.
What is the population of Kialla?
At the 2021 Census Kialla had 8,667 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Kialla statistical area, which contains Kialla, went from 4,224 people in 2001 to 10,295 in 2025, up 144%.
Is Kialla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kialla scores 1014 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Kialla?
Median household income in Kialla was $1,998 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kialla West | 4.0 km | 88% | 99% |
| Orrvale | 5.1 km | 76% | 8% |
| Mooroopna | 7.9 km | 85% | 84% |
| Shepparton | 7.9 km | 70% | 37% |
| Kialla East | 8.4 km | 82% | 100% |
| Toolamba | 8.6 km | 56% | 94% |
| Shepparton East | 9.3 km | 48% | 23% |
| Tatura East | 9.9 km | 13% | 40% |
| Grahamvale | 10.8 km | 18% | 9% |
| Karramomus | 12.1 km | 60% | 100% |