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Port Albert flood map & planning overlays

Port Albert is heritage-rich, 25 places, with 91.9% Ramsar wetland overlay.

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A planning-constraint profile of Port Albert (Wellington, VIC) - 87.06 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Port Albert'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Port Albert

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

Under observed aircraft
14%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,000 ft
averaging 7,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Port Albert at a glance

Parcels 688 Median lot 1,147 m² Mapped easements 46

How Port Albert is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 80%
Farming Zone (FZ) 18%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 1%
General Residential Zone (GRZ1) 1%
Rural Living Zone (RLZ2) 0%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%

Selling in Port Albert? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 87.06 km², Port Albert is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 38% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 41% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 25 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 1,147 m² across 688 parcels.

Who lives in Port Albert

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Port Albert suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
403
usual residents, 2021
Median age
59
years
Median household income
$981
per week, Wellington suburb typical $1,357
Median rent
$260
per week, Wellington suburb typical $240
Median mortgage
$1,127
per month
Household size
1.9
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 899, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Port Albert's 403 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.1%
5-14 3.4%
15-19 4.4%
20-24 3.4%
25-34 6.8%
35-44 7.8%
45-54 12.0%
55-64 19.5%
65-74 23.9%
75-84 11.5%
85+ 1.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Yarram, the wider ABS statistical area containing Port Albert. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Port Albert 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.

Port Albert data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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.

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Port Albert planning - frequently asked

Is Port Albert flood-prone?

About 38% of Port Albert falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.

Is Port Albert bushfire-prone?

Around 41% of Port Albert is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.

Is Port Albert under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 14% of Port Albert in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Albert?

The dominant planning zone in Port Albert is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).

Does Port Albert have heritage-listed places?

Port Albert has 25 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Port Albert?

Across 688 surveyed parcels in Port Albert, the median lot size is about 1,147 m². There are also 46 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Port Albert?

At the 2021 Census Port Albert had 403 usual residents, with a median age of 59 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Yarram statistical area, which contains Port Albert, went from 5,686 people in 2001 to 5,587 in 2025, down 2%.

Is Port Albert an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Port Albert scores 899 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Port Albert?

Median household income in Port Albert was $981 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,357 for the typical suburb in Wellington. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,127 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Langsborough 4.7 km 16% 87%
Robertsons Beach 6.3 km 48% 25%
Alberton 8.5 km 30% 100%
Gelliondale 9.6 km <1% 100%
Hedley 10.0 km 21% 87%
Tarraville 10.0 km 30% 100%
Manns Beach 11.8 km 43% 34%
Snake Island 12.1 km 26% 56%
Alberton West 13.1 km 16% 100%
Hunterston 14.5 km 36% 90%

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