Couch Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Couch Beach
(Yorke Peninsula Council, SA) - 0.74 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
0.74 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Couch Beach'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 Couch Beach
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
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.
Couch Beach at a glance
How Couch Beach is zoned
Selling in Couch Beach? 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 0.74 km², Couch Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 66% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,366 m² across 36 parcels.
Who lives in Couch Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Couch Beach 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 964, and decile 4 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Couch Beach's 135 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yorke Peninsula - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Couch Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Couch Beach 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.
Couch Beach 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 Couch Beach 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 Couch Beach lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Couch Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Couch Beach flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Couch Beach and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Couch Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 66% of Couch Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yorke Peninsula Council average of 93%.
Is Couch Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 31% of Couch Beach in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 8,000 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 Couch Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Couch Beach is Rural, though the suburb also includes Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands and Conservation.
Does Couch Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Couch Beach.
What is the typical lot size in Couch Beach?
Across 36 surveyed parcels in Couch Beach, the median lot size is about 1,366 m².
What is the population of Couch Beach?
At the 2021 Census Couch Beach had 135 usual residents, with a median age of 57 and an average household size of 1.7 people. The wider Yorke Peninsula - South statistical area, which contains Couch Beach, went from 4,171 people in 2001 to 4,489 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Couch Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Couch Beach scores 964 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Couch Beach?
Median household income in Couch Beach was $619 a week at the 2021 Census, against $937 for the typical suburb in Yorke Peninsula Council. Median rent was $120 a week and the median mortgage repayment $722 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pines | 2.5 km | 0% | 96% |
| Point Souttar | 7.7 km | 0% | 98% |
| Corny Point | 12.3 km | 0% | 97% |
| Point Turton | 15.1 km | 0% | 88% |
| Warooka | 18.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| White Hut | 19.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hardwicke Bay | 27.1 km | 0% | 94% |
| Foul Bay | 27.7 km | 0% | 99% |
| Brentwood | 30.9 km | 0% | 98% |
| Marion Bay | 32.0 km | 0% | 100% |