Duck Ponds flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Duck Ponds
(Lower Eyre Council, SA) - 65.94 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 4 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
65.94 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Duck Ponds's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Duck Ponds at a glance
How Duck Ponds is zoned
Selling in Duck Ponds? 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 65.94 km², Duck Ponds 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. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 259,481 m² across 93 parcels.
Who lives in Duck Ponds
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Duck Ponds 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 911, and decile 2 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Duck Ponds's 284 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Port Lincoln, the wider ABS statistical area containing Duck Ponds. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Duck Ponds 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.
Duck Ponds 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 | 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 4 September 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 Duck Ponds address
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See what's in the $9 report →Duck Ponds planning - frequently asked
Is Duck Ponds flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Duck Ponds and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Duck Ponds bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Duck Ponds is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Lower Eyre Council average of 97%.
What is the zoning in Duck Ponds?
The dominant planning zone in Duck Ponds is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Resource Extraction.
Does Duck Ponds have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Duck Ponds.
What is the typical lot size in Duck Ponds?
Across 93 surveyed parcels in Duck Ponds, the median lot size is about 259,481 m².
What is the population of Duck Ponds?
At the 2021 Census Duck Ponds had 284 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Port Lincoln statistical area, which contains Duck Ponds, went from 14,443 people in 2001 to 17,064 in 2025, up 18%.
Is Duck Ponds an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Duck Ponds scores 911 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Duck Ponds?
Median household income in Duck Ponds was $1,281 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,437 for the typical suburb in Lower Eyre Council. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,885 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawson | 5.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tulka | 5.7 km | 0% | 98% |
| Boston | 7.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Port Lincoln City of Port Lincoln |
8.3 km | 0% | 82% |
| Coomunga | 8.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tootenilla | 9.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tiatukia | 10.3 km | 0% | 99% |
| North Shields | 15.1 km | 0% | 98% |
| Green Patch | 15.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Uley | 15.1 km | 0% | 100% |