Tongala flood map & planning overlays
Tongala has 1,973 residents, 4th in Campaspe, and keeps 15 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Tongala
(Campaspe, VIC) - 112.04 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
112.04 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tongala's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Tongala
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.
Tongala at a glance
How Tongala is zoned
Selling in Tongala? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 112.04 km², Tongala is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 42% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 15 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 1,738 m² across 1,528 parcels.
Who lives in Tongala
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tongala 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 903, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tongala's 1,973 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kyabram, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tongala. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tongala itself.
11,000 in 2001 to 10,838 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.
Tongala 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 25 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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Tongala planning - frequently asked
Is Tongala flood-prone?
About 42% of Tongala falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%.
Is Tongala bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Tongala is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Campaspe average of 98%.
Is Tongala under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Tongala 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 Tongala?
The dominant planning zone in Tongala is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ2) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Tongala have heritage-listed places?
Tongala has 15 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Tongala?
Across 1,528 surveyed parcels in Tongala, the median lot size is about 1,738 m². There are also 727 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Tongala have a train station?
There is no train station inside Tongala itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Tongala?
At the 2021 Census Tongala had 1,973 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Kyabram statistical area, which contains Tongala, went from 11,000 people in 2001 to 10,838 in 2025, down 1%.
Is Tongala an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tongala scores 903 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Tongala?
Median household income in Tongala was $1,220 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,437 for the typical suburb in Campaspe. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,127 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyvalley | 5.2 km | 37% | 100% |
| Koyuga | 7.1 km | 55% | 100% |
| Kyabram | 9.9 km | 42% | 95% |
| Wyuna | 9.9 km | 61% | 100% |
| Yambuna | 10.5 km | 84% | 100% |
| Wyuna East | 11.1 km | 30% | 100% |
| Timmering | 13.7 km | 62% | 100% |
| Kanyapella | 15.8 km | 100% | 100% |
| Lancaster | 16.1 km | 19% | 100% |
| Girgarre | 16.2 km | 37% | 100% |