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Kurraca zoning & planning overlays

Kurraca's 36 ha farms lie wholly in bushfire mapping.

A planning-constraint profile of Kurraca (Loddon, VIC) - 29.38 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kurraca's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kurraca

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 to

No aircraft observed
0%
of the suburb, in the sampled period - a floor, not a census

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.

Kurraca at a glance

Parcels 60 Median lot 358,003 m²

How Kurraca is zoned

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

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

Across its 29.38 km², Kurraca is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 358,003 m² across 60 parcels.

Who lives in Kurraca

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

Population
5
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 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 975, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

8,033 in 2001 to 7,231 in 2025, down 10%.

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.

Kurraca data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedVicmap 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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Kurraca planning - frequently asked

Is Kurraca flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Kurraca, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Loddon is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.

Is Kurraca bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Kurraca is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Loddon average of 100%.

Is Kurraca under a flight path?

No aircraft were observed over Kurraca in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). 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 Kurraca?

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

Does Kurraca have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Kurraca.

What is the typical lot size in Kurraca?

Across 60 surveyed parcels in Kurraca, the median lot size is about 358,003 m².

Is Kurraca an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kurraca scores 975 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 suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Kurraca West 4.8 km 30% 100%
Fentons Creek 8.7 km 11% 100%
Glenalbyn 9.9 km Not mapped 100%
Wehla 10.2 km 1% 100%
Brenanah 10.4 km Not mapped 100%
Wedderburn 10.8 km 2% 100%
Wedderburn Junction 12.5 km 6% 100%
Berrimal 12.6 km Not mapped 100%
Burkes Flat 14.0 km Not mapped 100%
Nine Mile 15.2 km Not mapped 100%

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