Murchison flood map & planning overlays
Murchison is heritage-rich, 47 places, 4th in Greater Shepparton.
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A planning-constraint profile of Murchison
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 100.51 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
100.51 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Murchison'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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Murchison
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
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.
Murchison at a glance
How Murchison is zoned
Selling in Murchison? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 100.51 km², Murchison is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 19% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 47 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 8,037 m² across 978 parcels.
Who lives in Murchison
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Murchison 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 912, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Murchison's 884 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Shepparton Surrounds - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Murchison. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Murchison itself.
9,964 in 2001 to 10,346 in 2025, up 4%.
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.
Murchison 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 | 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 Murchison 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 →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 Murchison lot.
Murchison planning - frequently asked
Is Murchison flood-prone?
About 19% of Murchison falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Murchison bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Murchison is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Murchison under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Murchison in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,500 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 Murchison?
The dominant planning zone in Murchison is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Township Zone (TZ).
Does Murchison have heritage-listed places?
Murchison has 47 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Murchison?
Across 978 surveyed parcels in Murchison, the median lot size is about 8,037 m². There are also 246 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Murchison have a train station?
There is no train station inside Murchison itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Murchison?
At the 2021 Census Murchison had 884 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Shepparton Surrounds - West statistical area, which contains Murchison, went from 9,964 people in 2001 to 10,346 in 2025, up 4%.
Is Murchison an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Murchison scores 912 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Murchison?
Median household income in Murchison was $952 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $245 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murchison East | 5.9 km | 51% | 100% |
| Goulburn Weir Strathbogie |
9.9 km | 40% | 89% |
| Murchison North | 10.1 km | 40% | 100% |
| Moorilim | 10.3 km | 72% | 100% |
| Wahring Strathbogie |
10.4 km | 59% | 100% |
| Dhurringile | 10.5 km | 26% | 100% |
| Waranga Shores Campaspe |
11.8 km | 56% | 62% |
| Kirwans Bridge Strathbogie |
11.9 km | 10% | 100% |
| Whroo Strathbogie |
13.3 km | 1% | 100% |
| Rushworth Campaspe |
16.4 km | 14% | 100% |