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Morgiana flood map & planning overlays

Morgiana holds 24 ha farms with no ground outside bushfire mapping.

A planning-constraint profile of Morgiana (Southern Grampians, VIC) - 32.4 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 Morgiana's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Morgiana

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

Under observed aircraft
5%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 6,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.

Morgiana at a glance

Parcels 95 Median lot 244,322 m² Mapped easements 7

How Morgiana is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 100%

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

Across its 32.4 km², Morgiana is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 244,322 m² across 95 parcels.

Who lives in Morgiana

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Morgiana 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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1022, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

6,728 in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.

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.

Morgiana 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.

Check a specific Morgiana address

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Morgiana planning - frequently asked

Is Morgiana flood-prone?

About 2% of Morgiana falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%.

Is Morgiana bushfire-prone?

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

Is Morgiana under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 5% of Morgiana in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Morgiana?

The dominant planning zone in Morgiana is Farming Zone (FZ).

Does Morgiana have heritage-listed places?

Morgiana has 4 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Morgiana?

Across 95 surveyed parcels in Morgiana, the median lot size is about 244,322 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Morgiana an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Morgiana scores 1022 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Yulecart 7.2 km Not mapped 100%
Bochara 7.5 km 0% 100%
Wannon 7.8 km <1% 100%
Tahara 8.7 km 6% 100%
Tarrenlea 10.2 km 5% 100%
Branxholme 12.7 km 2% 100%
Tahara Bridge
Glenelg
16.3 km 13% 100%
Hamilton 16.7 km 2% 96%
Bulart 17.7 km 0% 100%
Tahara West
Glenelg
18.1 km Not mapped 100%

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