Murtoa flood map & planning overlays
Murtoa lists 20 heritage places, Yarriambiack's 2nd-most.
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A planning-constraint profile of Murtoa
(Yarriambiack, VIC) - 305.2 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
305.2 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Murtoa's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Murtoa
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 to
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.
Murtoa at a glance
How Murtoa is zoned
Selling in Murtoa? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 305.2 km², Murtoa is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 4,301 m² across 1,464 parcels.
Who lives in Murtoa
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Murtoa 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 906, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Murtoa's 897 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarriambiack, the wider ABS statistical area containing Murtoa. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Murtoa itself.
8,114 in 2001 to 6,246 in 2025, down 23%.
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.
Murtoa 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.
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Murtoa planning - frequently asked
Is Murtoa flood-prone?
About 8% of Murtoa falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Murtoa bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Murtoa is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarriambiack average of 100%.
Is Murtoa under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Murtoa in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Murtoa?
The dominant planning zone in Murtoa is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Murtoa have heritage-listed places?
Murtoa has 20 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Murtoa?
Across 1,464 surveyed parcels in Murtoa, the median lot size is about 4,301 m². There are also 248 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Murtoa have a train station?
There is no train station inside Murtoa itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Murtoa?
At the 2021 Census Murtoa had 897 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Yarriambiack statistical area, which contains Murtoa, went from 8,114 people in 2001 to 6,246 in 2025, down 23%.
Is Murtoa an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Murtoa scores 906 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 Murtoa?
Median household income in Murtoa was $1,007 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,350 for the typical suburb in Yarriambiack. Median rent was $178 a week and the median mortgage repayment $700 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jung Horsham |
11.5 km | 10% | 100% |
| Longerenong Horsham |
15.4 km | 60% | 100% |
| Kewell | 16.3 km | 4% | 100% |
| Lubeck | 18.0 km | 22% | 100% |
| Rupanyup | 19.3 km | 26% | 100% |
| St Helens Plains Horsham |
20.3 km | 36% | 99% |
| Blackheath Horsham |
21.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Dooen Horsham |
22.0 km | 6% | 100% |
| Minyip | 22.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Drung Horsham |
23.1 km | 29% | 100% |