Ovens flood map & planning overlays
Ovens: 31.2% flood mapping, runner-up across Alpine.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ovens
(Alpine, VIC) - 27.77 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
27.77 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ovens's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Ovens
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.
Ovens at a glance
How Ovens is zoned
Selling in Ovens? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 27.77 km², Ovens is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 31% 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 20,802 m² across 235 parcels.
Who lives in Ovens
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ovens 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 954, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ovens's 197 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Myrtleford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ovens. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ovens 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.
Ovens 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.
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Ovens planning - frequently asked
Is Ovens flood-prone?
About 31% of Ovens falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Ovens bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Ovens is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
Is Ovens under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Ovens 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 Ovens?
The dominant planning zone in Ovens is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Ovens have heritage-listed places?
Ovens has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Ovens?
Across 235 surveyed parcels in Ovens, the median lot size is about 20,802 m². There are also 46 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Ovens?
At the 2021 Census Ovens had 197 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Myrtleford statistical area, which contains Ovens, went from 4,714 people in 2001 to 4,635 in 2025, down 2%.
Is Ovens an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ovens scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ovens?
Median household income in Ovens was $1,406 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,406 for the typical suburb in Alpine. Median rent was $183 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,454 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtleford | 4.5 km | 17% | 100% |
| Eurobin | 6.3 km | 15% | 100% |
| Nug Nug | 8.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Rosewhite | 9.5 km | 1% | 100% |
| Merriang | 9.9 km | 49% | 100% |
| Havilah | 10.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Barwidgee | 10.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Merriang South | 10.5 km | 10% | 100% |
| Buffalo River | 12.4 km | 15% | 100% |
| Mount Buffalo | 13.7 km | <1% | 100% |