Hunterston flood map & planning overlays
Hunterston holds 44 ha conservation lots with 36.3% flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hunterston
(Wellington, VIC) - 39.79 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
39.79 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hunterston'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 Hunterston
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 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.
How this is measured
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.
Hunterston at a glance
How Hunterston is zoned
Selling in Hunterston? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 39.79 km², Hunterston is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 36% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 90% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 439,771 m² across 48 parcels.
Who lives in Hunterston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hunterston 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 882, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarram, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hunterston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hunterston itself.
5,686 in 2001 to 5,587 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Hunterston 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 | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Zoning | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, 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 24 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 Hunterston 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Hunterston. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Hunterston lot.
Hunterston planning - frequently asked
Is Hunterston flood-prone?
About 36% of Hunterston falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Hunterston bushfire-prone?
Around 90% of Hunterston is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Hunterston under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Hunterston, and over about 27% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 6,500 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 Hunterston?
The dominant planning zone in Hunterston is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ3).
Does Hunterston have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Hunterston.
What is the typical lot size in Hunterston?
Across 48 surveyed parcels in Hunterston, the median lot size is about 439,771 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Hunterston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hunterston scores 882 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manns Beach | 4.9 km | 43% | 34% |
| Tarraville | 5.3 km | 30% | 100% |
| Mcloughlins Beach | 8.2 km | 48% | 97% |
| Robertsons Beach | 8.8 km | 48% | 25% |
| Yarram | 10.3 km | 8% | 99% |
| Woodside | 11.9 km | 14% | 98% |
| Alberton | 12.7 km | 30% | 100% |
| Langsborough | 12.8 km | 16% | 87% |
| Port Albert | 14.5 km | 38% | 41% |
| Woodside Beach | 16.7 km | 12% | 100% |