Yallourn North flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Yallourn North flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 6% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Yallourn North address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 6% of Yallourn North falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Yallourn North is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Latrobe average of 100%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Yallourn North is Special Use Zone (SUZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Yallourn North has 7 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 908 surveyed parcels in Yallourn North, the median lot size is about 1,171 m². There are also 464 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

There is no train station inside Yallourn North itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Yallourn North had 1,511 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Yallourn North - Glengarry statistical area, which contains Yallourn North, went from 4,579 people in 2001 to 4,972 in 2025, up 9%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Yallourn North alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Yallourn North scores 897 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Yallourn North was $1,276 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,732 for the typical suburb in Latrobe. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $953 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Yallourn North planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.