Boston flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Boston
(Lower Eyre Council, SA) - 14.59 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
14.59 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Boston's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Boston
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled to
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Boston at a glance
How Boston is zoned
Selling in Boston? The zone and overlays on this page are the Planning and Design Code controls a Form 1 vendor's statement has to disclose.
Across its 14.59 km², Boston is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls 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 Rural Living. The median lot measures about 10,772 m² across 559 parcels.
Who lives in Boston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Boston 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 1025, and decile 8 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Boston's 1,169 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Port Lincoln, the wider ABS statistical area containing Boston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Boston itself.
14,443 in 2001 to 17,064 in 2025, up 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.
Boston 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 | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data, 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 12 September 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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Is Boston flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Boston and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Boston bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Boston is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Lower Eyre Council average of 97%.
Is Boston under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Boston in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Boston?
The dominant planning zone in Boston is Rural Living, though the suburb also includes Rural and Conservation.
Does Boston have heritage-listed places?
Boston has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Boston?
Across 559 surveyed parcels in Boston, the median lot size is about 10,772 m².
What is the population of Boston?
At the 2021 Census Boston had 1,169 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Port Lincoln statistical area, which contains Boston, went from 14,443 people in 2001 to 17,064 in 2025, up 18%.
Is Boston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Boston scores 1025 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Boston?
Median household income in Boston was $2,199 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,437 for the typical suburb in Lower Eyre Council. Median rent was $345 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiatukia | 3.1 km | 0% | 99% |
| Hawson | 4.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tootenilla | 5.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Port Lincoln City of Port Lincoln |
5.5 km | 0% | 82% |
| Duck Ponds | 7.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| North Shields | 8.1 km | 0% | 98% |
| Coomunga | 10.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Point Boston | 10.8 km | 0% | 82% |
| Green Patch | 11.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tulka | 12.3 km | 0% | 98% |