Merrinee flood map & planning overlays
Merrinee sits on 3,999 m² farm lots, fully bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Merrinee
(Mildura, VIC) - 867.71 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 6 October 2026.
Constraint readout
867.71 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Merrinee's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Merrinee at a glance
How Merrinee is zoned
Selling in Merrinee? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 867.71 km², Merrinee is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls 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 3,999 m² across 294 parcels.
Who lives in Merrinee
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Merrinee 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 923, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mildura Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Merrinee. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Merrinee itself.
4,564 in 2001 to 3,779 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.
Merrinee 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) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Not watched | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 6 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 Merrinee address
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Merrinee planning - frequently asked
Is Merrinee flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Merrinee and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 18%).
Is Merrinee bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Merrinee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mildura average of 82%.
What is the zoning in Merrinee?
The dominant planning zone in Merrinee is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Merrinee have heritage-listed places?
Merrinee has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Merrinee?
Across 294 surveyed parcels in Merrinee, the median lot size is about 3,999 m². There are also 52 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Merrinee an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Merrinee scores 923 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koorlong | 20.5 km | 6% | 98% |
| Wargan | 22.9 km | 59% | 100% |
| Merbein South | 23.3 km | 10% | 46% |
| Werrimull | 26.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cardross | 27.2 km | 15% | 64% |
| Cullulleraine | 28.8 km | 80% | 95% |
| Merbein West | 28.9 km | 8% | 70% |
| Birdwoodton | 29.4 km | 8% | 38% |
| Cabarita | 29.8 km | 8% | 42% |
| Merbein | 31.5 km | 34% | 35% |