Tallarook flood map & planning overlays
Tallarook's 4 ha farms carry 11 heritage places, its median local 50.
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A planning-constraint profile of Tallarook
(Mitchell, VIC) - 178.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
178.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tallarook's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Tallarook
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
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Tallarook at a glance
How Tallarook is zoned
Selling in Tallarook? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 178.05 km², Tallarook is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 11 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 39,865 m² across 884 parcels.
Who lives in Tallarook
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tallarook 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 1005, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tallarook's 748 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seymour Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tallarook. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tallarook itself.
4,213 in 2001 to 4,488 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Tallarook 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 Tallarook 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Tallarook. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Tallarook lot.
Tallarook planning - frequently asked
Is Tallarook flood-prone?
About 4% of Tallarook falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Tallarook bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Tallarook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mitchell average of 99%.
Is Tallarook under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Tallarook, and over about 68% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Tallarook?
The dominant planning zone in Tallarook is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ).
Does Tallarook have heritage-listed places?
Tallarook has 11 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Tallarook?
Across 884 surveyed parcels in Tallarook, the median lot size is about 39,865 m². There are also 291 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Tallarook have a train station?
Yes - Tallarook has 1 train station: Tallarook Station. It is also served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Tallarook?
At the 2021 Census Tallarook had 748 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Seymour Surrounds statistical area, which contains Tallarook, went from 4,213 people in 2001 to 4,488 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Tallarook an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tallarook scores 1005 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Tallarook?
Median household income in Tallarook was $1,775 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,875 for the typical suburb in Mitchell. Median rent was $263 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Creek | 8.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Tyaak | 10.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Trawool | 10.3 km | 16% | 100% |
| Broadford | 11.3 km | 3% | 97% |
| Hilldene | 11.4 km | 11% | 100% |
| Seymour | 11.5 km | 25% | 95% |
| Reedy Creek | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kerrisdale Murrindindi |
12.9 km | 15% | 100% |
| Glenaroua | 14.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Whiteheads Creek | 14.9 km | 4% | 100% |