Tragowel flood map & planning overlays
Tragowel keeps 3 ha farm lots, 54.8% flood-mapped, home to a median of 48.
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A planning-constraint profile of Tragowel
(Gannawarra, VIC) - 127.79 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
127.79 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tragowel's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Tragowel at a glance
How Tragowel is zoned
Selling in Tragowel? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 127.79 km², Tragowel is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 55% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 34,470 m² across 424 parcels.
Who lives in Tragowel
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tragowel 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 980, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tragowel's 83 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gannawarra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tragowel. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tragowel itself.
7,625 in 2001 to 6,522 in 2025, down 14%.
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.
Tragowel 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 15 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 Tragowel address
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Tragowel planning - frequently asked
Is Tragowel flood-prone?
About 55% of Tragowel falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 52%.
Is Tragowel bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Tragowel is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gannawarra average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Tragowel?
The dominant planning zone in Tragowel is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Tragowel have heritage-listed places?
Tragowel has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Tragowel?
Across 424 surveyed parcels in Tragowel, the median lot size is about 34,470 m². There are also 151 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Tragowel?
At the 2021 Census Tragowel had 83 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Gannawarra statistical area, which contains Tragowel, went from 7,625 people in 2001 to 6,522 in 2025, down 14%.
Is Tragowel an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tragowel scores 980 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Tragowel?
Median household income in Tragowel was $1,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Gannawarra.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macorna | 8.5 km | 47% | 100% |
| Kerang East | 8.9 km | 65% | 100% |
| Macorna North | 9.2 km | 42% | 100% |
| Appin | 9.2 km | 72% | 100% |
| Dingwall | 11.5 km | 70% | 100% |
| Milnes Bridge | 12.4 km | 93% | 100% |
| Appin South Loddon |
13.2 km | 98% | 100% |
| Kerang | 13.8 km | 89% | 94% |
| Mead | 14.6 km | 22% | 100% |
| Koroop | 14.8 km | 64% | 100% |