Toorloo Arm flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Toorloo Arm
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 183.07 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
183.07 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Toorloo Arm's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Toorloo Arm
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.
Toorloo Arm at a glance
How Toorloo Arm is zoned
Selling in Toorloo Arm? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 183.07 km², Toorloo Arm is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 94% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 37,899 m² across 244 parcels.
Who lives in Toorloo Arm
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Toorloo Arm 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 876, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Toorloo Arm's 509 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Orbost, the wider ABS statistical area containing Toorloo Arm. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Toorloo Arm itself.
7,047 in 2001 to 6,727 in 2025, down 5%.
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.
Toorloo Arm 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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Toorloo Arm planning - frequently asked
Is Toorloo Arm flood-prone?
About 6% of Toorloo Arm falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Toorloo Arm bushfire-prone?
Around 94% of Toorloo Arm is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Toorloo Arm under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Toorloo Arm 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 Toorloo Arm?
The dominant planning zone in Toorloo Arm is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ2) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ2).
Does Toorloo Arm have heritage-listed places?
Toorloo Arm has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Toorloo Arm?
Across 244 surveyed parcels in Toorloo Arm, the median lot size is about 37,899 m². There are also 137 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Toorloo Arm have a train station?
There is no train station inside Toorloo Arm itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Toorloo Arm?
At the 2021 Census Toorloo Arm had 509 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Orbost statistical area, which contains Toorloo Arm, went from 7,047 people in 2001 to 6,727 in 2025, down 5%.
Is Toorloo Arm an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Toorloo Arm scores 876 and sits in decile 1 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 Toorloo Arm?
Median household income in Toorloo Arm was $1,317 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $170 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,372 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tyers Beach | 7.1 km | 3% | 93% |
| Lake Tyers | 7.3 km | 24% | 84% |
| Lake Bunga | 8.0 km | 10% | 92% |
| Lakes Entrance | 8.8 km | 15% | 84% |
| Kalimna West | 11.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Tostaree | 11.8 km | 7% | 100% |
| Nowa Nowa | 11.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Kalimna | 12.5 km | 13% | 88% |
| Wairewa | 13.9 km | 11% | 100% |
| Nyerimilang | 16.3 km | 73% | 51% |