Waitchie flood map & planning overlays
Waitchie holds 5 heritage places on its 94 ha farms.
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A planning-constraint profile of Waitchie
(Swan Hill, VIC) - 307.08 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 29 September 2026.
Constraint readout
307.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Waitchie's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Waitchie at a glance
How Waitchie is zoned
Selling in Waitchie? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 307.08 km², Waitchie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 20% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 936,256 m² across 249 parcels.
Who lives in Waitchie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Waitchie 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 981, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Swan Hill Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Waitchie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Waitchie itself.
7,254 in 2001 to 6,467 in 2025, down 11%.
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.
Waitchie 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 | Not watched | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 29 September 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 Waitchie address
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Waitchie planning - frequently asked
Is Waitchie flood-prone?
About 20% of Waitchie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%.
Is Waitchie bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Waitchie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Swan Hill average of 87%.
What is the zoning in Waitchie?
The dominant planning zone in Waitchie is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).
Does Waitchie have heritage-listed places?
Waitchie has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Waitchie?
Across 249 surveyed parcels in Waitchie, the median lot size is about 936,256 m².
Is Waitchie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Waitchie scores 981 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrrell Buloke |
9.7 km | <1% | 100% |
| Gowanford | 9.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Chillingollah | 13.6 km | 13% | 100% |
| Tyrrell Downs Buloke |
15.7 km | 11% | 100% |
| Polisbet | 15.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Nowie | 17.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Chinangin | 17.6 km | 18% | 100% |
| Ultima | 19.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Sea Lake Buloke |
19.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Springfield (Sea Lake) Buloke |
19.9 km | 6% | 100% |