North Wangaratta flood map & planning overlays
North Wangaratta's flood share, 55.5%, is 3rd in the city.
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A planning-constraint profile of North Wangaratta
(Wangaratta, VIC) - 29.31 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 6 October 2026.
Constraint readout
29.31 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North Wangaratta's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over North Wangaratta
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.
North Wangaratta at a glance
How North Wangaratta is zoned
Selling in North Wangaratta? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 29.31 km², North Wangaratta is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 56% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 20,288 m² across 450 parcels.
Who lives in North Wangaratta
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North Wangaratta 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 977, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of North Wangaratta's 282 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wangaratta Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing North Wangaratta. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North Wangaratta itself.
9,151 in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
North Wangaratta 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 6 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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North Wangaratta planning - frequently asked
Is North Wangaratta flood-prone?
About 56% of North Wangaratta falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.
Is North Wangaratta bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of North Wangaratta is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.
Is North Wangaratta under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over North Wangaratta 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 North Wangaratta?
The dominant planning zone in North Wangaratta is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does North Wangaratta have heritage-listed places?
North Wangaratta has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in North Wangaratta?
Across 450 surveyed parcels in North Wangaratta, the median lot size is about 20,288 m². There are also 119 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of North Wangaratta?
At the 2021 Census North Wangaratta had 282 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains North Wangaratta, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.
Is North Wangaratta an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Wangaratta scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in North Wangaratta?
Median household income in North Wangaratta was $1,531 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $175 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,663 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowser | 3.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Dockers Plains | 3.7 km | 15% | 100% |
| Waldara | 4.1 km | 29% | 88% |
| Wangaratta | 5.2 km | 41% | 73% |
| East Wangaratta | 6.4 km | 34% | 100% |
| Wangandary | 9.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Londrigan | 9.9 km | 5% | 100% |
| Boorhaman | 10.2 km | 11% | 100% |
| Oxley Flats | 10.2 km | 100% | 100% |
| Wangaratta South | 11.1 km | 11% | 100% |