Wy Yung flood map & planning overlays
Wy Yung's 1,940 residents rank it 5th in East Gippsland.
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A planning-constraint profile of Wy Yung
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 35.34 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
35.34 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wy Yung'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 Wy Yung
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 1 a day
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.
Wy Yung at a glance
How Wy Yung is zoned
Selling in Wy Yung? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 35.34 km², Wy Yung is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 4,156 m² across 1,193 parcels.
Who lives in Wy Yung
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wy Yung 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 990, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wy Yung's 1,940 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bairnsdale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wy Yung. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wy Yung itself.
12,080 in 2001 to 15,917 in 2025, up 32%.
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.
Wy Yung 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 Wy Yung 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 →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 Wy Yung lot.
Wy Yung planning - frequently asked
Is Wy Yung flood-prone?
About 17% of Wy Yung falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Wy Yung bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Wy Yung is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Wy Yung under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 38% of Wy Yung in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 ft. 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 Wy Yung?
The dominant planning zone in Wy Yung is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ2) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ1).
Does Wy Yung have heritage-listed places?
Wy Yung has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Wy Yung?
Across 1,193 surveyed parcels in Wy Yung, the median lot size is about 4,156 m². There are also 807 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Wy Yung have a train station?
There is no train station inside Wy Yung itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Wy Yung?
At the 2021 Census Wy Yung had 1,940 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Bairnsdale statistical area, which contains Wy Yung, went from 12,080 people in 2001 to 15,917 in 2025, up 32%.
Is Wy Yung an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wy Yung scores 990 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wy Yung?
Median household income in Wy Yung was $1,506 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $278 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwood | 3.1 km | 14% | 30% |
| Ellaswood | 3.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lucknow | 5.3 km | <1% | 92% |
| Granite Rock | 5.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bairnsdale | 7.1 km | 20% | 88% |
| Mount Taylor | 7.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| East Bairnsdale | 8.1 km | 49% | 86% |
| Calulu | 9.2 km | 10% | 100% |
| Clifton Creek | 9.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Broadlands | 10.3 km | 87% | 27% |