Wooroonook flood map & planning overlays
Wooroonook spreads over 41 ha farms, 64.4% inside flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Wooroonook
(Buloke, VIC) - 69.42 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
69.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wooroonook's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Wooroonook at a glance
How Wooroonook is zoned
Selling in Wooroonook? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 69.42 km², Wooroonook is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 64% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 405,322 m² across 136 parcels.
Who lives in Wooroonook
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wooroonook 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 1027, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buloke, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wooroonook. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wooroonook 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.
Wooroonook 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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Wooroonook planning - frequently asked
Is Wooroonook flood-prone?
About 64% of Wooroonook falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%.
Is Wooroonook bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Wooroonook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Buloke average of 99%.
What is the zoning in Wooroonook?
The dominant planning zone in Wooroonook is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Wooroonook have heritage-listed places?
Wooroonook has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Wooroonook?
Across 136 surveyed parcels in Wooroonook, the median lot size is about 405,322 m². There are also 132 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Wooroonook an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wooroonook scores 1027 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffcott | 8.5 km | 27% | 100% |
| Teddywaddy West | 8.7 km | 100% | 100% |
| Granite Flat | 9.8 km | 95% | 100% |
| Charlton | 11.8 km | 47% | 100% |
| Dooboobetic | 12.4 km | 31% | 100% |
| Jeffcott North | 12.8 km | 25% | 100% |
| Teddywaddy | 13.3 km | 84% | 100% |
| Chirrip | 14.2 km | 99% | 100% |
| Wycheproof South | 14.3 km | 99% | 100% |
| Gil Gil | 17.3 km | 10% | 100% |