Booborowie flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Booborowie
(The Regional Council of Goyder, SA) - 172.23 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
172.23 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Booborowie'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 Booborowie
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.
Booborowie at a glance
How Booborowie is zoned
Selling in Booborowie? 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 172.23 km², Booborowie is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 41,678 m² across 545 parcels.
Who lives in Booborowie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Booborowie 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 925, and decile 3 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Booborowie's 205 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Goyder, the wider ABS statistical area containing Booborowie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Booborowie itself.
4,265 in 2001 to 4,152 in 2025, down 3%.
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.
Booborowie 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 Booborowie 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 Booborowie lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Booborowie planning - frequently asked
Is Booborowie flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Booborowie and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Booborowie bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Booborowie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a The Regional Council of Goyder average of 100%.
Is Booborowie under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Booborowie 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 Booborowie?
The dominant planning zone in Booborowie is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township.
Does Booborowie have heritage-listed places?
Booborowie has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Booborowie?
Across 545 surveyed parcels in Booborowie, the median lot size is about 41,678 m².
What is the population of Booborowie?
At the 2021 Census Booborowie had 205 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Goyder statistical area, which contains Booborowie, went from 4,265 people in 2001 to 4,152 in 2025, down 3%.
Is Booborowie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Booborowie scores 925 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Booborowie?
Median household income in Booborowie was $1,021 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,021 for the typical suburb in The Regional Council of Goyder. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $618 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Booborowie | 7.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Leighton | 9.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mount Bryan | 12.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Andrews Northern Areas Council |
13.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Willalo | 15.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Spalding Northern Areas Council |
15.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hacklins Corner Northern Areas Council |
16.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Gum Creek | 17.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Broughton River Valley Northern Areas Council |
18.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Euromina Northern Areas Council |
19.7 km | 0% | 100% |