Nowa Nowa flood map & planning overlays
Nowa Nowa logs 6 heritage places, joint 12th in East Gippsland.
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A planning-constraint profile of Nowa Nowa
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 237.9 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
237.9 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nowa Nowa's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Nowa Nowa
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.
Nowa Nowa at a glance
How Nowa Nowa is zoned
Selling in Nowa Nowa? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 237.9 km², Nowa Nowa is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 6,067 m² across 372 parcels.
Who lives in Nowa Nowa
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nowa Nowa 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 912, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Nowa Nowa's 199 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Orbost, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nowa Nowa. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nowa Nowa itself.
7,047 in 2001 to 6,727 in 2025, down 5%.
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.
Nowa Nowa 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 Nowa Nowa address
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Nowa Nowa planning - frequently asked
Is Nowa Nowa flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Nowa Nowa and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 18%).
Is Nowa Nowa bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Nowa Nowa is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Nowa Nowa under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Nowa Nowa 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 Nowa Nowa?
The dominant planning zone in Nowa Nowa is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Nowa Nowa have heritage-listed places?
Nowa Nowa has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Nowa Nowa?
Across 372 surveyed parcels in Nowa Nowa, the median lot size is about 6,067 m². There are also 26 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Nowa Nowa have a train station?
There is no train station inside Nowa Nowa itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Nowa Nowa?
At the 2021 Census Nowa Nowa had 199 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Orbost statistical area, which contains Nowa Nowa, went from 7,047 people in 2001 to 6,727 in 2025, down 5%.
Is Nowa Nowa an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nowa Nowa scores 912 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 Nowa Nowa?
Median household income in Nowa Nowa was $1,012 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $850 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toorloo Arm | 11.8 km | 6% | 94% |
| Tambo Upper | 13.4 km | 1% | 100% |
| Wairewa | 13.6 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bruthen | 13.7 km | <1% | 100% |
| Kalimna West | 14.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Double Bridges | 15.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mossiface | 17.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Swan Reach | 17.3 km | 10% | 100% |
| Lakes Entrance | 17.4 km | 15% | 84% |
| Buchan South | 18.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |