Burnside flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Burnside
(City of Burnside, SA) - 1.7 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
1.7 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Burnside'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 Burnside
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
typical observed square 3 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.
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.
Burnside at a glance
How Burnside is zoned
Selling in Burnside? 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 1.7 km², Burnside is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 45% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 34 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Hills Neighbourhood. The median lot measures about 660 m² across 1,581 parcels.
Who lives in Burnside
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Burnside 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 1120, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Burnside's 3,060 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Burnside - Wattle Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Burnside. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Burnside itself.
18,293 in 2001 to 20,275 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Burnside 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 Burnside 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.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 31% of Burnside. 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 Burnside lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Burnside planning - frequently asked
Is Burnside flood-prone?
About 12% of Burnside falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Burnside bushfire-prone?
Around 45% of Burnside is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Burnside average of 30%.
Is Burnside under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 31% of Burnside, and over about 94% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 6 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 Burnside?
The dominant planning zone in Burnside is Hills Neighbourhood, though the suburb also includes Suburban Neighbourhood and Hills Face.
Does Burnside have heritage-listed places?
Burnside has 34 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Burnside?
Across 1,581 surveyed parcels in Burnside, the median lot size is about 660 m².
Does Burnside have a train station?
There is no train station inside Burnside itself. The suburb is served by 15 bus stops.
What is the population of Burnside?
At the 2021 Census Burnside had 3,060 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Burnside - Wattle Park statistical area, which contains Burnside, went from 18,293 people in 2001 to 20,275 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Burnside an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Burnside scores 1120 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Burnside?
Median household income in Burnside was $2,257 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,292 for the typical suburb in City of Burnside. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelwood Park | 1.0 km | 20% | 0% |
| Beaumont | 1.1 km | 1% | 73% |
| Stonyfell | 1.3 km | 3% | 83% |
| Erindale | 1.4 km | 3% | 0% |
| Leabrook | 1.7 km | 12% | 0% |
| Linden Park | 1.8 km | 0% | 0% |
| Tusmore | 1.8 km | 9% | 0% |
| Wattle Park | 1.9 km | 0% | 72% |
| St Georges | 2.1 km | 0% | 4% |
| Heathpool The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters |
2.2 km | 27% | 0% |