Tanjil South flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Tanjil South flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 14% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Tanjil South address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 14% of Tanjil South falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Tanjil South is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 100%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Tanjil South is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Tanjil South has 3 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 372 surveyed parcels in Tanjil South, the median lot size is about 35,497 m². There are also 209 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

At the 2021 Census Tanjil South had 540 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Mount Baw Baw Region statistical area, which contains Tanjil South, went from 5,736 people in 2001 to 6,750 in 2025, up 18%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Tanjil South alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tanjil South scores 993 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Tanjil South was $1,819 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,614 for the typical suburb in Baw Baw. Median rent was $235 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,712 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Tanjil South planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.