Kooreh flood map & planning overlays

With 8 ha farms, Kooreh logs 41.4% flood mapping.

A planning-constraint profile of Kooreh (Northern Grampians, VIC) - 87.44 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 Kooreh's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kooreh

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

No aircraft observed
0%
of the suburb, in the sampled period - a floor, not a census
Lowest measured
8,500 ft
averaging 9,000 ft

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.

Kooreh at a glance

Parcels 331 Median lot 84,232 m² Mapped easements 2

How Kooreh is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 96%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ1) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%

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

Across its 87.44 km², Kooreh is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 41% 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 84,232 m² across 331 parcels.

Who lives in Kooreh

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

Population
29
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 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 952, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

4,075 in 2001 to 3,394 in 2025, down 17%.

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.

Kooreh 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 pathsObservedadsb.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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Kooreh planning - frequently asked

Is Kooreh flood-prone?

About 41% of Kooreh falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%.

Is Kooreh bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Kooreh is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Northern Grampians average of 100%.

Is Kooreh under a flight path?

No aircraft were observed over Kooreh 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 Kooreh?

The dominant planning zone in Kooreh is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).

Does Kooreh have heritage-listed places?

Kooreh has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Kooreh?

Across 331 surveyed parcels in Kooreh, the median lot size is about 84,232 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Kooreh an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kooreh scores 952 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
St Arnaud East 7.0 km 4% 100%
Carapooee 9.1 km 24% 100%
Logan
Loddon
9.5 km 31% 100%
Emu 10.2 km 15% 100%
Gowar East
Loddon
12.1 km 31% 100%
St Arnaud 14.5 km 11% 99%
Burkes Flat
Loddon
15.3 km Not mapped 100%
Carapooee West 15.4 km 7% 100%
Slaty Creek 15.7 km 21% 100%
Fentons Creek
Loddon
15.8 km 11% 100%

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