Mangalore flood map & planning overlays
Mangalore is Strathbogie's most noise-mapped suburb, 32%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mangalore
(Strathbogie, VIC) - 67.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
67.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mangalore'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 Mangalore
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
32% 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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Mangalore at a glance
How Mangalore is zoned
Selling in Mangalore? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 67.87 km², Mangalore is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 148,745 m² across 309 parcels.
Who lives in Mangalore
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mangalore 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 1013, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mangalore's 183 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Nagambie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mangalore. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mangalore itself.
3,311 in 2001 to 4,936 in 2025, up 49%.
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.
Mangalore 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 Mangalore 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 5% of Mangalore. 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 Mangalore lot.
Mangalore planning - frequently asked
Is Mangalore flood-prone?
About 13% of Mangalore falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 29%.
Is Mangalore bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mangalore is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Strathbogie average of 100%.
Is Mangalore affected by aircraft noise?
About 32% of Mangalore 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 Mangalore under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 5% of Mangalore, and over about 63% 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 500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Mangalore?
The dominant planning zone in Mangalore is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Special Use Zone (SUZ1).
Does Mangalore have heritage-listed places?
Mangalore has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mangalore?
Across 309 surveyed parcels in Mangalore, the median lot size is about 148,745 m². There are also 112 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mangalore?
At the 2021 Census Mangalore had 183 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Nagambie statistical area, which contains Mangalore, went from 3,311 people in 2001 to 4,936 in 2025, up 49%.
Is Mangalore an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mangalore scores 1013 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 Mangalore?
Median household income in Mangalore was $2,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Strathbogie. Median rent was $274 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,515 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Mitchell |
6.8 km | 25% | 100% |
| Tabilk | 7.8 km | 13% | 100% |
| Seymour Mitchell |
11.9 km | 25% | 95% |
| Avenel | 12.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Tarcombe | 13.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Mitchellstown | 15.1 km | 13% | 98% |
| Nagambie | 15.3 km | 52% | 98% |
| Locksley | 16.0 km | 33% | 100% |
| Whiteheads Creek Mitchell |
16.1 km | 4% | 100% |
| Hilldene Mitchell |
16.3 km | 11% | 100% |