Crafers West flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Crafers West
(Adelaide Hills Council, SA) - 10.69 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
10.69 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Crafers West'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 Crafers West
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.
Crafers West at a glance
How Crafers West is zoned
Selling in Crafers West? 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 10.69 km², Crafers West 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 16 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Hills Face. The median lot measures about 2,418 m² across 640 parcels.
Who lives in Crafers West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Crafers West 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 1116, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Crafers West's 1,307 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Aldgate - Stirling, the wider ABS statistical area containing Crafers West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Crafers West itself.
17,972 in 2001 to 19,039 in 2025, up 6%.
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.
Crafers West 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 Crafers West 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 30% of Crafers West. 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 Crafers West lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Crafers West planning - frequently asked
Is Crafers West flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Crafers West and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Crafers West bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Crafers West is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Adelaide Hills Council average of 100%.
Is Crafers West under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Crafers West, and over about 66% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 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 Crafers West?
The dominant planning zone in Crafers West is Hills Face, though the suburb also includes Rural Neighbourhood and Productive Rural Landscape.
Does Crafers West have heritage-listed places?
Crafers West has 16 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Crafers West?
Across 640 surveyed parcels in Crafers West, the median lot size is about 2,418 m².
Does Crafers West have a train station?
There is no train station inside Crafers West itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Crafers West?
At the 2021 Census Crafers West had 1,307 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Aldgate - Stirling statistical area, which contains Crafers West, went from 17,972 people in 2001 to 19,039 in 2025, up 6%.
Is Crafers West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Crafers West scores 1116 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Crafers West?
Median household income in Crafers West was $2,438 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,089 for the typical suburb in Adelaide Hills Council. Median rent was $406 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leawood Gardens City of Mitcham |
2.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cleland | 2.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Belair City of Mitcham |
3.0 km | 1% | 100% |
| Crafers | 3.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Upper Sturt | 3.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Stirling | 3.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Brown Hill Creek City of Mitcham |
3.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Waterfall Gully City of Burnside |
3.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mount Osmond City of Burnside |
3.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Heathfield | 4.6 km | 0% | 100% |