Warragul flood map & planning overlays
Warragul is the hub of Baw Baw, with 19,856 residents and the shire's most heritage places, 126.
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A planning-constraint profile of Warragul
(Baw Baw, VIC) - 54.92 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
54.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Warragul'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 Warragul
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
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Warragul at a glance
How Warragul is zoned
Selling in Warragul? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 54.92 km², Warragul is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 69% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 126 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ1). The median lot measures about 691 m² across 13,330 parcels.
Who lives in Warragul
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Warragul 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 980, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Warragul's 19,856 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Warragul, the wider ABS statistical area containing Warragul. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Warragul itself.
14,203 in 2001 to 25,392 in 2025, up 79%.
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.
Warragul 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.
Check a specific Warragul address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 57% of Warragul. 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 Warragul lot.
Warragul planning - frequently asked
Is Warragul flood-prone?
About 6% of Warragul falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 11%.
Is Warragul bushfire-prone?
Around 69% of Warragul is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 99%.
Is Warragul under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 57% of Warragul, and over about 90% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Warragul?
The dominant planning zone in Warragul is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Warragul have heritage-listed places?
Warragul has 126 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Warragul?
Across 13,330 surveyed parcels in Warragul, the median lot size is about 691 m². There are also 4,801 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Warragul have a train station?
Yes - Warragul has 1 train station: Warragul Station. It is also served by 89 bus stops.
What is the population of Warragul?
At the 2021 Census Warragul had 19,856 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Warragul statistical area, which contains Warragul, went from 14,203 people in 2001 to 25,392 in 2025, up 79%.
Is Warragul an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Warragul scores 980 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Warragul?
Median household income in Warragul was $1,563 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,614 for the typical suburb in Baw Baw. Median rent was $321 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillico | 4.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Nilma | 4.4 km | 28% | 100% |
| Drouin East | 4.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Warragul West | 4.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Brandy Creek | 5.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Buln Buln | 6.6 km | 1% | 100% |
| Bona Vista | 7.1 km | 5% | 100% |
| Warragul South | 7.3 km | 1% | 100% |
| Nilma North | 7.5 km | 3% | 100% |
| Bravington | 7.6 km | 9% | 100% |