Wangie flood map & planning overlays
Flood mapping takes in 43.1% of Wangie's 175 ha farms.
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A planning-constraint profile of Wangie
(Buloke, VIC) - 91.56 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 15 October 2026.
Constraint readout
91.56 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wangie's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Wangie at a glance
How Wangie is zoned
Selling in Wangie? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 91.56 km², Wangie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 43% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 1,751,816 m² across 50 parcels.
Who lives in Wangie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wangie 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 994, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wangie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wangie itself.
7,223 in 2001 to 5,891 in 2025, down 18%.
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.
Wangie 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 Wangie address
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Wangie planning - frequently asked
Is Wangie flood-prone?
About 43% of Wangie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Wangie bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Wangie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Wangie?
The dominant planning zone in Wangie is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Wangie have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wangie.
What is the typical lot size in Wangie?
Across 50 surveyed parcels in Wangie, the median lot size is about 1,751,816 m².
Is Wangie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wangie scores 994 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cokum | 6.8 km | 4% | 100% |
| Murnungin Swan Hill |
9.0 km | 12% | 100% |
| Tittybong | 10.9 km | 58% | 100% |
| Culgoa | 14.6 km | 10% | 100% |
| Meatian Swan Hill |
15.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Lalbert Gannawarra |
16.1 km | 9% | 100% |
| Kalpienung | 17.3 km | 8% | 100% |
| Warne | 18.7 km | 11% | 100% |
| Towaninny | 19.0 km | 37% | 100% |
| Springfield (Sea Lake) | 19.4 km | 6% | 100% |