Picola flood map & planning overlays
Picola's median local, 57, ranks 3rd of 36 in Moira.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Picola
(Moira, VIC) - 251.28 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 6 October 2026.
Constraint readout
251.28 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Picola's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Picola
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.
Picola at a glance
How Picola is zoned
Selling in Picola? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 251.28 km², Picola is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 70% 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 Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 51,691 m² across 410 parcels.
Who lives in Picola
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Picola 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 963, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Picola's 206 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Numurkah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Picola. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Picola itself.
12,397 in 2001 to 12,446 in 2025, up 0%.
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.
Picola 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.
Check a specific Picola address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Picola lot.
Picola planning - frequently asked
Is Picola flood-prone?
About 70% of Picola falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.
Is Picola bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Picola is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moira average of 97%.
Is Picola under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Picola 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 Picola?
The dominant planning zone in Picola is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Picola have heritage-listed places?
Picola has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Picola?
Across 410 surveyed parcels in Picola, the median lot size is about 51,691 m². There are also 83 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Picola have a train station?
There is no train station inside Picola itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Picola?
At the 2021 Census Picola had 206 usual residents, with a median age of 57 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Numurkah statistical area, which contains Picola, went from 12,397 people in 2001 to 12,446 in 2025, up 0%.
Is Picola an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Picola scores 963 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 Picola?
Median household income in Picola was $1,104 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Moira. Median rent was $150 a week and the median mortgage repayment $910 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picola West | 6.8 km | 60% | 100% |
| Yielima | 7.6 km | 72% | 100% |
| Barmah | 12.4 km | 96% | 100% |
| Nathalia | 12.7 km | 66% | 99% |
| Yalca | 15.5 km | 42% | 100% |
| Waaia | 19.3 km | 26% | 100% |
| Kotupna | 19.6 km | 100% | 100% |
| Lower Moira | 19.9 km | 99% | 100% |
| Bearii | 21.2 km | 82% | 100% |
| Kaarimba | 24.3 km | 75% | 97% |