Cherry Gardens flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cherry Gardens
(City of Onkaparinga, SA) - 16.98 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
16.98 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cherry Gardens'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 Cherry Gardens
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 4,000 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.
Cherry Gardens at a glance
How Cherry Gardens is zoned
Selling in Cherry Gardens? 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 16.98 km², Cherry Gardens 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 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 29,940 m² across 245 parcels.
Who lives in Cherry Gardens
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cherry Gardens 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 1047, and decile 9 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cherry Gardens's 633 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clarendon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cherry Gardens. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cherry Gardens itself.
2,679 in 2001 to 2,899 in 2025, up 8%.
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.
Cherry Gardens 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 Cherry Gardens address
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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 42% of Cherry Gardens. 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 Cherry Gardens lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cherry Gardens planning - frequently asked
Is Cherry Gardens flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Cherry Gardens and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Cherry Gardens bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cherry Gardens is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Onkaparinga average of 69%.
Is Cherry Gardens under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 42% of Cherry Gardens, and over about 79% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 19 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 Cherry Gardens?
The dominant planning zone in Cherry Gardens is Productive Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Hills Face and Rural.
Does Cherry Gardens have heritage-listed places?
Cherry Gardens has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cherry Gardens?
Across 245 surveyed parcels in Cherry Gardens, the median lot size is about 29,940 m².
Does Cherry Gardens have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cherry Gardens itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Cherry Gardens?
At the 2021 Census Cherry Gardens had 633 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Clarendon statistical area, which contains Cherry Gardens, went from 2,679 people in 2001 to 2,899 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Cherry Gardens an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cherry Gardens scores 1047 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cherry Gardens?
Median household income in Cherry Gardens was $2,016 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,512 for the typical suburb in City of Onkaparinga. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coromandel East | 2.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Chandlers Hill | 3.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Coromandel Valley | 3.8 km | 4% | 100% |
| Scott Creek Adelaide Hills Council |
4.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ironbank Adelaide Hills Council |
4.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hawthorndene City of Mitcham |
5.1 km | 3% | 100% |
| Aberfoyle Park | 5.2 km | 1% | 76% |
| Craigburn Farm City of Mitcham |
5.7 km | 3% | 100% |
| Bradbury Adelaide Hills Council |
5.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Clarendon | 5.8 km | <1% | 100% |