Warne flood map & planning overlays
Warne: 113 ha holdings, 11.1% flood, all bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Warne
(Buloke, VIC) - 84.65 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
84.65 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Warne's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Warne at a glance
How Warne is zoned
Selling in Warne? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 84.65 km², Warne is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% 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 1,134,809 m² across 61 parcels.
Who lives in Warne
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Warne 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 Warne. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Warne 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.
Warne 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 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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Warne planning - frequently asked
Is Warne flood-prone?
About 11% of Warne falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Warne bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Warne is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Warne?
The dominant planning zone in Warne is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ1).
Does Warne have heritage-listed places?
Warne has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Warne?
Across 61 surveyed parcels in Warne, the median lot size is about 1,134,809 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Warne an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Warne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nullawil | 7.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| Culgoa | 9.5 km | 10% | 100% |
| Jil Jil | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cokum | 13.9 km | 4% | 100% |
| Sutton | 14.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kalpienung | 16.0 km | 8% | 100% |
| Dumosa | 17.7 km | 14% | 100% |
| Whirily | 18.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Wangie | 18.7 km | 43% | 100% |
| Berriwillock | 21.3 km | 2% | 100% |