Myrtleford flood map & planning overlays
Myrtleford is Alpine's biggest town, 3,285 people, with 28 heritage places.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Myrtleford
(Alpine, VIC) - 80.54 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
80.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Myrtleford's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Myrtleford
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: observed, lowest 9,000 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.
Myrtleford at a glance
How Myrtleford is zoned
Selling in Myrtleford? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 80.54 km², Myrtleford is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 28 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 876 m² across 2,607 parcels.
Who lives in Myrtleford
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Myrtleford 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 Myrtleford's 3,285 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Myrtleford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Myrtleford. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Myrtleford itself.
4,714 in 2001 to 4,635 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Myrtleford 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 Myrtleford 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 →Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Myrtleford lot.
Myrtleford planning - frequently asked
Is Myrtleford flood-prone?
About 17% of Myrtleford falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Myrtleford bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Myrtleford is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
Is Myrtleford under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Myrtleford in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). 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 Myrtleford?
The dominant planning zone in Myrtleford is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Myrtleford have heritage-listed places?
Myrtleford has 28 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Myrtleford?
Across 2,607 surveyed parcels in Myrtleford, the median lot size is about 876 m². There are also 988 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Myrtleford have a train station?
There is no train station inside Myrtleford itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Myrtleford?
At the 2021 Census Myrtleford had 3,285 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Myrtleford statistical area, which contains Myrtleford, went from 4,714 people in 2001 to 4,635 in 2025, down 2%.
Is Myrtleford an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Myrtleford 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 Myrtleford?
Median household income in Myrtleford was $1,143 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,406 for the typical suburb in Alpine. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovens | 4.5 km | 31% | 100% |
| Merriang | 5.7 km | 49% | 100% |
| Merriang South | 7.4 km | 10% | 100% |
| Barwidgee | 7.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Gapsted | 9.5 km | 13% | 100% |
| Nug Nug | 10.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Eurobin | 10.7 km | 15% | 100% |
| Whorouly East Wangaratta |
10.9 km | 20% | 100% |
| Buffalo River | 11.7 km | 15% | 100% |
| Rosewhite | 12.2 km | 1% | 100% |