Cooke Plains flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cooke Plains
(Coorong District Council, SA) - 263.17 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
263.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cooke Plains'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 Cooke Plains
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: 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.
Cooke Plains at a glance
How Cooke Plains is zoned
Selling in Cooke Plains? 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 263.17 km², Cooke Plains is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits 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 Rural. The median lot measures about 496,750 m² across 332 parcels.
Who lives in Cooke Plains
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cooke Plains 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 982, and decile 6 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cooke Plains's 69 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of The Coorong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cooke Plains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cooke Plains itself.
5,904 in 2001 to 5,638 in 2025, down 5%.
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.
Cooke Plains 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 Cooke Plains 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.
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 Cooke Plains lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cooke Plains planning - frequently asked
Is Cooke Plains flood-prone?
About 21% of Cooke Plains falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 15%.
Is Cooke Plains bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cooke Plains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Coorong District Council average of 100%.
Is Cooke Plains under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Cooke Plains in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,500 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 Cooke Plains?
The dominant planning zone in Cooke Plains is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Settlement.
Does Cooke Plains have heritage-listed places?
Cooke Plains has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cooke Plains?
Across 332 surveyed parcels in Cooke Plains, the median lot size is about 496,750 m².
Does Cooke Plains have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cooke Plains itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Cooke Plains?
At the 2021 Census Cooke Plains had 69 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider The Coorong statistical area, which contains Cooke Plains, went from 5,904 people in 2001 to 5,638 in 2025, down 5%.
Is Cooke Plains an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cooke Plains scores 982 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cooke Plains?
Median household income in Cooke Plains was $1,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,166 for the typical suburb in Coorong District Council. Median rent was $120 a week and the median mortgage repayment $650 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwomple | 11.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Malinong | 11.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Wellington East | 13.1 km | 100% | 100% |
| Tailem Bend | 13.6 km | 6% | 99% |
| Coomandook | 18.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Moorlands | 18.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ashville | 18.3 km | 30% | 100% |
| Nalpa The Rural City of Murray Bridge |
18.6 km | 100% | 100% |
| Jervois The Rural City of Murray Bridge |
19.3 km | 29% | 100% |
| Wellington The Rural City of Murray Bridge |
20.6 km | 63% | 100% |