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Waldara flood map & planning overlays

Waldara earns Wangaratta's top income, $2,456, on 4,205 m² lots.

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A planning-constraint profile of Waldara (Wangaratta, VIC) - 8.42 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 Waldara'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.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Waldara

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
3%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
9,000 ft
averaging 9,000 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.

Waldara at a glance

Parcels 479 Median lot 4,205 m² Mapped easements 420

How Waldara is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 50%
Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ2) 23%
Rural Living Zone (RLZ1) 7%
Special Use Zone (SUZ4) 5%
Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ3) 5%
Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ1) 4%

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

Across its 8.42 km², Waldara is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 88% 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 4,205 m² across 479 parcels.

Who lives in Waldara

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

Population
677
usual residents, 2021
Median age
47
years
Median household income
$2,456
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $1,531
Median rent
$300
per week, Wangaratta suburb typical $250
Median mortgage
$2,167
per month
Household size
2.8
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 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1089, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Waldara's 677 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.7%
5-14 14.2%
15-19 10.5%
20-24 2.4%
25-34 6.5%
35-44 10.8%
45-54 15.1%
55-64 15.4%
65-74 13.9%
75-84 5.5%
85+ 1.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

17,109 in 2001 to 20,019 in 2025, up 17%.

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.

Waldara 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.

Check a specific Waldara address

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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.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Waldara lot.

Waldara planning - frequently asked

Is Waldara flood-prone?

About 29% of Waldara falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.

Is Waldara bushfire-prone?

Around 88% of Waldara is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.

Is Waldara under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 3% of Waldara in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 9,000 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 Waldara?

The dominant planning zone in Waldara is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ2) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ1).

Does Waldara have heritage-listed places?

Waldara has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Waldara?

Across 479 surveyed parcels in Waldara, the median lot size is about 4,205 m². There are also 420 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Waldara?

At the 2021 Census Waldara had 677 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Wangaratta statistical area, which contains Waldara, went from 17,109 people in 2001 to 20,019 in 2025, up 17%.

Is Waldara an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Waldara scores 1089 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Waldara?

Median household income in Waldara was $2,456 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
North Wangaratta 4.1 km 56% 100%
Wangandary 5.2 km 0% 100%
Wangaratta 5.7 km 41% 73%
Dockers Plains 5.8 km 15% 100%
Bowser 7.1 km 0% 100%
Wangaratta South 9.2 km 11% 100%
East Wangaratta 9.7 km 34% 100%
Killawarra 9.8 km 12% 100%
Boorhaman 10.6 km 11% 100%
Mount Bruno
Benalla		 11.9 km Not mapped 100%

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