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Wahgunyah flood map & planning overlays

Wahgunyah's 1,061 residents share 41 heritage places and 27.4% flood mapping.

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A planning-constraint profile of Wahgunyah (Indigo, VIC) - 36.54 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wahgunyah'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Wahgunyah

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

Under observed aircraft
14%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
4,500 ft
averaging 7,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Wahgunyah at a glance

Parcels 1,025 Median lot 1,387 m² Mapped easements 315 Bus stops 2

How Wahgunyah is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 85%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 8%
General Residential Zone (GRZ1) 3%
Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 1%

Selling in Wahgunyah? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 36.54 km², Wahgunyah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 41 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,387 m² across 1,025 parcels.

Who lives in Wahgunyah

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wahgunyah suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
1,061
usual residents, 2021
Median age
49
years
Median household income
$1,280
per week, Indigo suburb typical $1,711
Median rent
$230
per week, Indigo suburb typical $250
Median mortgage
$1,473
per month
Household size
2.3
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 946, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Wahgunyah's 1,061 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.6%
5-14 11.8%
15-19 5.1%
20-24 4.2%
25-34 8.8%
35-44 10.6%
45-54 14.3%
55-64 13.8%
65-74 17.0%
75-84 7.9%
85+ 2.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Rutherglen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wahgunyah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wahgunyah itself.

3,432 in 2001 to 4,120 in 2025, up 20%.

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.

Wahgunyah data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Wahgunyah planning - frequently asked

Is Wahgunyah flood-prone?

About 27% of Wahgunyah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 15%.

Is Wahgunyah bushfire-prone?

Around 99% of Wahgunyah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Indigo average of 99%.

Is Wahgunyah under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 14% of Wahgunyah in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,500 ft. 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 Wahgunyah?

The dominant planning zone in Wahgunyah is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).

Does Wahgunyah have heritage-listed places?

Wahgunyah has 41 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Wahgunyah?

Across 1,025 surveyed parcels in Wahgunyah, the median lot size is about 1,387 m². There are also 315 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Wahgunyah have a train station?

There is no train station inside Wahgunyah itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.

What is the population of Wahgunyah?

At the 2021 Census Wahgunyah had 1,061 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Rutherglen statistical area, which contains Wahgunyah, went from 3,432 people in 2001 to 4,120 in 2025, up 20%.

Is Wahgunyah an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wahgunyah scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Wahgunyah?

Median household income in Wahgunyah was $1,280 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,711 for the typical suburb in Indigo. Median rent was $230 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,473 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Carlyle 5.4 km 18% 100%
Rutherglen 8.8 km 3% 99%
Norong 11.4 km 28% 100%
Gooramadda 12.7 km 44% 100%
Lilliput 14.3 km 0% 100%
Brimin 15.9 km 37% 100%
Cornishtown 17.3 km Not mapped 100%
Browns Plains 18.5 km 15% 100%
Chiltern Valley 19.2 km 0% 100%
Boorhaman North
Wangaratta		 19.3 km 17% 100%

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