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Ninyeunook flood map & planning overlays

Ninyeunook spreads over 61 ha farms, 82.9% inside flood mapping.

A planning-constraint profile of Ninyeunook (Gannawarra, VIC) - 95.31 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ninyeunook's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Ninyeunook at a glance

Parcels 140 Median lot 609,304 m²

How Ninyeunook is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 96%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 4%

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

Across its 95.31 km², Ninyeunook is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 83% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 609,304 m² across 140 parcels.

Who lives in Ninyeunook

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ninyeunook suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
13
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 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1062, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

7,625 in 2001 to 6,522 in 2025, down 14%.

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.

Ninyeunook 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 pathsWatched, not yet sampled hereadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)

Profile last materially updated 15 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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Ninyeunook planning - frequently asked

Is Ninyeunook flood-prone?

About 83% of Ninyeunook falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.

Is Ninyeunook bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Ninyeunook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gannawarra average of 99%.

What is the zoning in Ninyeunook?

The dominant planning zone in Ninyeunook is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).

Does Ninyeunook have heritage-listed places?

Ninyeunook has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Ninyeunook?

Across 140 surveyed parcels in Ninyeunook, the median lot size is about 609,304 m².

Is Ninyeunook an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ninyeunook scores 1062 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Jeruk
Buloke
5.6 km 91% 100%
Towaninny South
Buloke
9.3 km 16% 100%
Glenloth East
Buloke
10.0 km 72% 100%
Oakvale 10.6 km 67% 100%
Bunguluke
Buloke
11.6 km 73% 100%
Barraport West
Loddon
12.4 km 86% 100%
Towaninny
Buloke
14.7 km 37% 100%
Quambatook 15.3 km 43% 100%
Gredgwin 16.3 km 3% 100%
Kalpienung
Buloke
19.3 km 8% 100%

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