Coobowie flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Coobowie
(Yorke Peninsula Council, SA) - 33.96 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
33.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coobowie'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 Coobowie
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 8,000 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.
Coobowie at a glance
How Coobowie is zoned
Selling in Coobowie? 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 33.96 km², Coobowie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,029 m² across 424 parcels.
Who lives in Coobowie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coobowie 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 888, and decile 1 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Coobowie's 258 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yorke Peninsula - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coobowie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coobowie itself.
4,171 in 2001 to 4,489 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.
Coobowie 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 Coobowie 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 3% of Coobowie. 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 Coobowie lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Coobowie planning - frequently asked
Is Coobowie flood-prone?
About 2% of Coobowie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 1%.
Is Coobowie bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Coobowie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yorke Peninsula Council average of 93%.
Is Coobowie under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Coobowie, and over about 10% 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 500 ft, with an average of 5,000 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 Coobowie?
The dominant planning zone in Coobowie is Rural, though the suburb also includes Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands and Conservation.
Does Coobowie have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Coobowie.
What is the typical lot size in Coobowie?
Across 424 surveyed parcels in Coobowie, the median lot size is about 1,029 m².
Does Coobowie have a train station?
There is no train station inside Coobowie itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Coobowie?
At the 2021 Census Coobowie had 258 usual residents, with a median age of 59 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Yorke Peninsula - South statistical area, which contains Coobowie, went from 4,171 people in 2001 to 4,489 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Coobowie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coobowie scores 888 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Coobowie?
Median household income in Coobowie was $877 a week at the 2021 Census, against $937 for the typical suburb in Yorke Peninsula Council. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $975 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edithburgh | 6.7 km | <1% | 97% |
| Wool Bay | 7.3 km | 0% | 99% |
| Sultana Point | 8.6 km | 0% | 94% |
| Honiton | 11.3 km | 0% | 99% |
| Yorketown | 13.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Stansbury | 17.7 km | 0% | 98% |
| Port Moorowie | 19.4 km | 0% | 97% |
| Ramsay | 23.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Brentwood | 27.8 km | 0% | 98% |
| Hardwicke Bay | 28.0 km | 0% | 94% |