Caltowie West flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Caltowie West
(Northern Areas Council, SA) - 94.98 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
94.98 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Caltowie West's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Caltowie West
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: observed, lowest 8,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Caltowie West at a glance
How Caltowie West is zoned
Selling in Caltowie West? 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 94.98 km², Caltowie West 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. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 856,795 m² across 102 parcels.
Who lives in Caltowie West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Caltowie West 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 1034, and decile 9 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Jamestown, the wider ABS statistical area containing Caltowie West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Caltowie West itself.
4,794 in 2001 to 4,724 in 2025, down 1%.
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.
Caltowie West 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.
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Is Caltowie West flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Caltowie West and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Caltowie West bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Caltowie West is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Northern Areas Council average of 100%.
Is Caltowie West under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Caltowie West in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Caltowie West?
The dominant planning zone in Caltowie West is Rural.
Does Caltowie West have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Caltowie West.
What is the typical lot size in Caltowie West?
Across 102 surveyed parcels in Caltowie West, the median lot size is about 856,795 m².
Is Caltowie West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Caltowie West scores 1034 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caltowie North | 9.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Laura | 9.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Caltowie | 10.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Stone Hut | 11.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Appila The District Council of Mount Remarkable |
12.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Gladstone | 14.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Beetaloo Valley | 17.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hornsdale | 17.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Jamestown | 17.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Wirrabara The District Council of Mount Remarkable |
19.3 km | 0% | 100% |