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Old Tallangatta flood map & planning overlays

Old Tallangatta tops Towong for flood (79.9%) and landscape overlay (98.2%).

A planning-constraint profile of Old Tallangatta (Towong, VIC) - 2.24 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.

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

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Old Tallangatta

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

No aircraft observed
0%
of the suburb, in the sampled period - a floor, not a census

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.

Old Tallangatta at a glance

Parcels 405 Median lot 849 m² Mapped easements 3

How Old Tallangatta is zoned

Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 81%
Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) 15%
Farming Zone (FZ) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 2%

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

Across its 2.24 km², Old Tallangatta is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 80% of the suburb sits 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 Use Zone (PUZ1). The median lot measures about 849 m² across 405 parcels.

Who lives in Old Tallangatta

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

Population
45
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 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1035, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

6,204 in 2001 to 6,155 in 2025, down 1%.

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.

Old Tallangatta 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 pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)

Profile last materially updated 29 September 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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Old Tallangatta planning - frequently asked

Is Old Tallangatta flood-prone?

About 80% of Old Tallangatta falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.

Is Old Tallangatta bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Old Tallangatta is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Towong average of 97%.

Is Old Tallangatta under a flight path?

No aircraft were observed over Old Tallangatta 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 Old Tallangatta?

The dominant planning zone in Old Tallangatta is Public Use Zone (PUZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).

Does Old Tallangatta have heritage-listed places?

Old Tallangatta has 6 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Old Tallangatta?

Across 405 surveyed parcels in Old Tallangatta, the median lot size is about 849 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Old Tallangatta an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Old Tallangatta scores 1035 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Tallangatta East 2.6 km 5% 100%
Jarvis Creek 5.5 km 7% 95%
Georges Creek 5.5 km 4% 100%
Tallangatta 7.2 km 18% 92%
Bullioh 10.0 km 2% 100%
Granya 13.0 km 6% 98%
Bethanga 13.3 km 22% 80%
Huon
Indigo
14.4 km 36% 69%
Charleroi
Indigo
14.8 km Not mapped 100%
Tallangatta South 14.9 km 10% 100%

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