Cuttlefish Bay flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cuttlefish Bay
(Kangaroo Island Council, SA) - 15.09 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
15.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cuttlefish Bay'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 Cuttlefish Bay
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.
Cuttlefish Bay at a glance
How Cuttlefish Bay is zoned
Selling in Cuttlefish Bay? 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 15.09 km², Cuttlefish Bay 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. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 460,717 m² across 31 parcels.
Who lives in Cuttlefish Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cuttlefish Bay 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 975, and decile 5 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kangaroo Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cuttlefish Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cuttlefish Bay itself.
4,227 in 2001 to 5,212 in 2025, up 23%.
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.
Cuttlefish Bay 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 Cuttlefish Bay 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 2% of Cuttlefish Bay. 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 Cuttlefish Bay lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cuttlefish Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Cuttlefish Bay flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Cuttlefish Bay and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 7%).
Is Cuttlefish Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cuttlefish Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kangaroo Island Council average of 96%.
Is Cuttlefish Bay under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Cuttlefish Bay, and over about 3% 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 2,000 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 Cuttlefish Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Cuttlefish Bay is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands.
Does Cuttlefish Bay have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cuttlefish Bay.
What is the typical lot size in Cuttlefish Bay?
Across 31 surveyed parcels in Cuttlefish Bay, the median lot size is about 460,717 m².
Is Cuttlefish Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cuttlefish Bay scores 975 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antechamber Bay | 4.5 km | 17% | 99% |
| Ironstone | 4.9 km | <1% | 100% |
| Dudley East | 5.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Penneshaw | 8.6 km | 3% | 98% |
| Willoughby | 11.1 km | <1% | 99% |
| Kangaroo Head | 11.8 km | 2% | 99% |
| Porky Flat | 12.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Willson River | 13.8 km | 0% | 99% |
| American Beach | 13.9 km | 14% | 93% |
| Baudin Beach | 15.7 km | 22% | 83% |