Port Fairy flood map & planning overlays
Port Fairy tops Moyne on people (3,742) and heritage (176), on its smallest lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Port Fairy
(Moyne, VIC) - 115.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
115.15 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Port Fairy'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 Fairy
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
typical observed square 0 a day
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 Fairy at a glance
How Port Fairy is zoned
Selling in Port Fairy? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 115.15 km², Port Fairy is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 176 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 684 m² across 3,349 parcels.
Who lives in Port Fairy
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Port Fairy 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 1025, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Port Fairy's 3,742 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moyne - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Port Fairy. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Port Fairy itself.
8,317 in 2001 to 10,246 in 2025, up 23%.
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 Fairy 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 Port Fairy 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 6% of Port Fairy. 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 Port Fairy lot.
Port Fairy planning - frequently asked
Is Port Fairy flood-prone?
About 11% of Port Fairy falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%.
Is Port Fairy bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Port Fairy is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moyne average of 100%.
Is Port Fairy under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Port Fairy, and over about 12% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Fairy?
The dominant planning zone in Port Fairy is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ3) and Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1).
Does Port Fairy have heritage-listed places?
Port Fairy has 176 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Port Fairy?
Across 3,349 surveyed parcels in Port Fairy, the median lot size is about 684 m². There are also 1,132 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Port Fairy have a train station?
There is no train station inside Port Fairy itself. The suburb is served by 21 bus stops.
What is the population of Port Fairy?
At the 2021 Census Port Fairy had 3,742 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Moyne - West statistical area, which contains Port Fairy, went from 8,317 people in 2001 to 10,246 in 2025, up 23%.
Is Port Fairy an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Port Fairy scores 1025 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Port Fairy?
Median household income in Port Fairy was $1,450 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,699 for the typical suburb in Moyne. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toolong | 6.5 km | 18% | 100% |
| Yambuk | 7.8 km | 3% | 99% |
| Rosebrook | 9.1 km | 68% | 100% |
| Tarrone | 10.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kirkstall | 11.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Crossley | 12.6 km | 18% | 100% |
| St Helens | 12.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Killarney | 13.3 km | 41% | 100% |
| Orford | 14.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tower Hill | 16.1 km | 32% | 90% |