Chain Of Ponds flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Chain Of Ponds
(Adelaide Hills Council, SA) - 9.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
9.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Chain Of Ponds'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 Chain Of Ponds
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 26 Sep 2026
typical observed square 4 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,500 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.
Chain Of Ponds at a glance
How Chain Of Ponds is zoned
Selling in Chain Of Ponds? 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 9.63 km², Chain Of Ponds 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 is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 14,739 m² across 73 parcels.
Who lives in Chain Of Ponds
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Chain Of Ponds 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 1068, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Adelaide Hills, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chain Of Ponds. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chain Of Ponds itself.
6,763 in 2001 to 7,256 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Chain Of Ponds 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 26 September 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 Chain Of Ponds 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 30% of Chain Of Ponds. 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 Chain Of Ponds lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Chain Of Ponds planning - frequently asked
Is Chain Of Ponds flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Chain Of Ponds and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Chain Of Ponds bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Chain Of Ponds is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Adelaide Hills Council average of 100%.
Is Chain Of Ponds under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Chain Of Ponds, and over about 50% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 26 Sep 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 5 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 Chain Of Ponds?
The dominant planning zone in Chain Of Ponds is Productive Rural Landscape.
Does Chain Of Ponds have heritage-listed places?
Chain Of Ponds has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Chain Of Ponds?
Across 73 surveyed parcels in Chain Of Ponds, the median lot size is about 14,739 m².
Does Chain Of Ponds have a train station?
There is no train station inside Chain Of Ponds itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
Is Chain Of Ponds an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chain Of Ponds scores 1068 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook | 3.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Gumeracha | 4.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Cudlee Creek | 4.6 km | <1% | 100% |
| Inglewood | 4.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lower Hermitage | 6.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Kenton Valley | 6.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Paracombe | 7.7 km | 3% | 100% |
| Houghton | 7.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Upper Hermitage | 8.0 km | 10% | 100% |
| Kersbrook | 8.7 km | 0% | 100% |