This page covers the Wangaratta suburb only. For all of Wangaratta, see the Wangaratta flood map by suburb →
Wangaratta flood map & planning overlays
Wangaratta tops its city on people (19,214), heritage (98) and bus stops (116).
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A planning-constraint profile of Wangaratta
(Wangaratta, VIC) - 47.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
47.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wangaratta's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Wangaratta
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.
Wangaratta at a glance
How Wangaratta is zoned
Selling in Wangaratta? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 47.02 km², Wangaratta is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 41% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 73% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 98 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 676 m² across 12,681 parcels.
Who lives in Wangaratta
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wangaratta 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 930, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wangaratta's 19,214 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wangaratta, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wangaratta. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wangaratta 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.
Wangaratta 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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Wangaratta planning - frequently asked
Is Wangaratta flood-prone?
About 41% of Wangaratta falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.
Is Wangaratta bushfire-prone?
Around 73% of Wangaratta is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.
Is Wangaratta under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Wangaratta 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 Wangaratta?
The dominant planning zone in Wangaratta is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Wangaratta have heritage-listed places?
Wangaratta has 98 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Wangaratta?
Across 12,681 surveyed parcels in Wangaratta, the median lot size is about 676 m². There are also 3,096 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Wangaratta have a train station?
Yes - Wangaratta has 1 train station: Wangaratta Station. It is also served by 116 bus stops.
What is the population of Wangaratta?
At the 2021 Census Wangaratta had 19,214 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Wangaratta statistical area, which contains Wangaratta, went from 17,109 people in 2001 to 20,019 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Wangaratta an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wangaratta scores 930 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 Wangaratta?
Median household income in Wangaratta was $1,218 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Wangaratta | 5.2 km | 56% | 100% |
| Waldara | 5.7 km | 29% | 88% |
| East Wangaratta | 6.0 km | 34% | 100% |
| Wangaratta South | 6.6 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bowser | 7.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Oxley Flats | 8.1 km | 100% | 100% |
| Wangandary | 8.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Dockers Plains | 8.9 km | 15% | 100% |
| Laceby | 9.3 km | 60% | 100% |
| Oxley | 10.7 km | 34% | 99% |