Point Pearce flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Point Pearce
(Yorke Peninsula Council, SA) - 82.54 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
82.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Point Pearce'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 Point Pearce
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 4 Sep to 26 Sep 2026
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.
Point Pearce at a glance
How Point Pearce is zoned
Selling in Point Pearce? 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 82.54 km², Point Pearce is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 81% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 523,564 m² across 18 parcels.
Who lives in Point Pearce
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Point Pearce 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 600, and decile 1 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Point Pearce's 147 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yorke Peninsula - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Point Pearce. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Point Pearce itself.
7,295 in 2001 to 7,755 in 2025, up 6%.
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.
Point Pearce 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 26 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 Point Pearce 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.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 1% of Point Pearce. 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 an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Point Pearce lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Point Pearce planning - frequently asked
Is Point Pearce flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Point Pearce and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Point Pearce bushfire-prone?
Around 81% of Point Pearce is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yorke Peninsula Council average of 93%.
Is Point Pearce under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 1% of Point Pearce, and over about 4% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 26 Sep 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 4,500 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 Point Pearce?
The dominant planning zone in Point Pearce is Rural, though the suburb also includes Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands and Conservation.
Does Point Pearce have heritage-listed places?
Point Pearce has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Point Pearce?
Across 18 surveyed parcels in Point Pearce, the median lot size is about 523,564 m².
Does Point Pearce have a train station?
There is no train station inside Point Pearce itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Point Pearce?
At the 2021 Census Point Pearce had 147 usual residents, with a median age of 26 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Yorke Peninsula - North statistical area, which contains Point Pearce, went from 7,295 people in 2001 to 7,755 in 2025, up 6%.
Is Point Pearce an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Point Pearce scores 600 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Point Pearce?
Median household income in Point Pearce was $433 a week at the 2021 Census, against $937 for the typical suburb in Yorke Peninsula Council. Median rent was $106 a week.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinaman Wells | 5.4 km | 0% | 8% |
| Port Victoria | 9.0 km | 0% | 99% |
| South Kilkerran | 9.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Balgowan | 13.2 km | 0% | 96% |
| Urania | 16.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Yorke Valley | 18.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Maitland | 19.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Wauraltee | 20.3 km | 0% | 99% |
| Weetulta | 25.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Port Rickaby | 26.1 km | 0% | 89% |