Port Hughes flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Port Hughes
(Copper Coast Council, SA) - 7.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
7.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Port Hughes'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 Port Hughes
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 3 Oct 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.
Port Hughes at a glance
How Port Hughes is zoned
Selling in Port Hughes? 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 7.03 km², Port Hughes is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 73% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Golf Course Estate. The median lot measures about 805 m² across 1,035 parcels.
Who lives in Port Hughes
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Port Hughes 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 977, and decile 5 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Port Hughes's 647 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moonta, the wider ABS statistical area containing Port Hughes. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Port Hughes itself.
3,400 in 2001 to 5,858 in 2025, up 72%.
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.
Port Hughes 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 3 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 Port Hughes 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.
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 Port Hughes lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Port Hughes planning - frequently asked
Is Port Hughes flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Port Hughes and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Port Hughes bushfire-prone?
Around 73% of Port Hughes is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Copper Coast Council average of 87%.
Is Port Hughes under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Port Hughes in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 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 Port Hughes?
The dominant planning zone in Port Hughes is Golf Course Estate, though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood and Rural Living.
Does Port Hughes have heritage-listed places?
Port Hughes has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Port Hughes?
Across 1,035 surveyed parcels in Port Hughes, the median lot size is about 805 m².
What is the population of Port Hughes?
At the 2021 Census Port Hughes had 647 usual residents, with a median age of 61 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Moonta statistical area, which contains Port Hughes, went from 3,400 people in 2001 to 5,858 in 2025, up 72%.
Is Port Hughes an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Port Hughes scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Port Hughes?
Median household income in Port Hughes was $1,231 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,073 for the typical suburb in Copper Coast Council. Median rent was $270 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kooroona | 2.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Moonta | 2.6 km | 0% | 86% |
| Moonta Bay | 3.6 km | 0% | 30% |
| Hamley | 4.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Moonta Mines | 4.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| North Moonta | 5.3 km | 0% | 96% |
| Cross Roads | 5.7 km | 0% | 87% |
| Yelta | 5.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| East Moonta | 6.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| North Yelta | 7.2 km | 0% | 100% |