Cowleds Landing flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cowleds Landing
(The Corporation of the City of Whyalla, SA) - 13.72 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
13.72 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cowleds Landing's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cowleds Landing
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 to
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.
Cowleds Landing at a glance
How Cowleds Landing is zoned
Selling in Cowleds Landing? 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 13.72 km², Cowleds Landing is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 73% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The median lot measures about 637 m² across 21 parcels.
Who lives in Cowleds Landing
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cowleds Landing 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 1011, and decile 7 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kimba - Cleve - Franklin Harbour, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cowleds Landing. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cowleds Landing itself.
4,542 in 2001 to 4,362 in 2025, down 4%.
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.
Cowleds Landing 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 19 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 Cowleds Landing address
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See what's in the $9 report →Cowleds Landing planning - frequently asked
Is Cowleds Landing flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Cowleds Landing and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 14%).
Is Cowleds Landing bushfire-prone?
Around 73% of Cowleds Landing is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a The Corporation of the City of Whyalla average of 64%.
Is Cowleds Landing under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Cowleds Landing in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Cowleds Landing?
The dominant planning zone in Cowleds Landing is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands and Remote Areas.
Does Cowleds Landing have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cowleds Landing.
What is the typical lot size in Cowleds Landing?
Across 21 surveyed parcels in Cowleds Landing, the median lot size is about 637 m².
Is Cowleds Landing an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cowleds Landing scores 1011 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaquana | 13.4 km | 41% | 89% |
| Whyalla Jenkins | 14.9 km | 52% | 60% |
| Whyalla Stuart | 15.4 km | 45% | 50% |
| Whyalla Norrie | 16.8 km | 32% | 28% |
| Whyalla | 17.0 km | 13% | 13% |
| Whyalla Playford | 17.7 km | 18% | 13% |
| Murninnie Beach | 19.4 km | 0% | 65% |
| Whyalla Barson | 21.8 km | 21% | 96% |
| Port Bonython | 34.9 km | 0% | 96% |
| Point Lowly | 36.3 km | 0% | 71% |
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