Murchison East flood map & planning overlays
Murchison East tops Greater Shepparton for age, median 60.
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A planning-constraint profile of Murchison East
(Greater Shepparton, VIC) - 29.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
29.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Murchison East'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 East
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 East at a glance
How Murchison East is zoned
Selling in Murchison East? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 29.05 km², Murchison East is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 51% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 16,770 m² across 308 parcels.
Who lives in Murchison East
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Murchison East 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 934, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Murchison East's 140 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 East. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Murchison East 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 East 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 East address
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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 East lot.
Murchison East planning - frequently asked
Is Murchison East flood-prone?
About 51% of Murchison East falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Murchison East bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Murchison East is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Shepparton average of 88%.
Is Murchison East under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 9% of Murchison East 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 East?
The dominant planning zone in Murchison East is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Murchison East have heritage-listed places?
Murchison East has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Murchison East?
Across 308 surveyed parcels in Murchison East, the median lot size is about 16,770 m². There are also 29 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Murchison East have a train station?
Yes - Murchison East has 1 train station: Murchison East Station. It is also served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Murchison East?
At the 2021 Census Murchison East had 140 usual residents, with a median age of 60 and an average household size of 1.7 people. The wider Shepparton Surrounds - West statistical area, which contains Murchison East, went from 9,964 people in 2001 to 10,346 in 2025, up 4%.
Is Murchison East an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Murchison East scores 934 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Murchison East?
Median household income in Murchison East was $900 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Greater Shepparton. Median rent was $150 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorilim | 4.6 km | 72% | 100% |
| Murchison North | 5.4 km | 40% | 100% |
| Murchison | 5.9 km | 19% | 100% |
| Wahring Strathbogie |
9.0 km | 59% | 100% |
| Dhurringile | 9.2 km | 26% | 100% |
| Arcadia South Strathbogie |
12.2 km | 42% | 100% |
| Goulburn Weir Strathbogie |
12.9 km | 40% | 89% |
| Arcadia | 14.1 km | 66% | 100% |
| Toolamba West | 14.9 km | 49% | 86% |
| Toolamba | 15.3 km | 56% | 94% |