Eden Hills flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Eden Hills
(City of Mitcham, SA) - 4.02 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
4.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Eden Hills'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 Eden Hills
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
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Eden Hills at a glance
How Eden Hills is zoned
Selling in Eden Hills? 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 4.02 km², Eden Hills is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 14 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Hills Neighbourhood. The median lot measures about 1,169 m² across 1,350 parcels.
Who lives in Eden Hills
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Eden Hills 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 1065, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Eden Hills's 3,020 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bellevue Heights, the wider ABS statistical area containing Eden Hills. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Eden Hills itself.
7,424 in 2001 to 8,661 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
Eden Hills 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 Eden Hills 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 69% of Eden Hills. 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 Eden Hills lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Eden Hills planning - frequently asked
Is Eden Hills flood-prone?
About 6% of Eden Hills falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.
Is Eden Hills bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Eden Hills is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Mitcham average of 53%.
Is Eden Hills under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 69% of Eden Hills, and over about 90% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Eden Hills?
The dominant planning zone in Eden Hills is Hills Neighbourhood, though the suburb also includes Hills Face and Conservation.
Does Eden Hills have heritage-listed places?
Eden Hills has 14 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Eden Hills?
Across 1,350 surveyed parcels in Eden Hills, the median lot size is about 1,169 m².
Does Eden Hills have a train station?
There is no train station inside Eden Hills itself. The suburb is served by 18 bus stops.
What is the population of Eden Hills?
At the 2021 Census Eden Hills had 3,020 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Bellevue Heights statistical area, which contains Eden Hills, went from 7,424 people in 2001 to 8,661 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Eden Hills an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Eden Hills scores 1065 and sits in decile 9 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 Eden Hills?
Median household income in Eden Hills was $2,062 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,139 for the typical suburb in City of Mitcham. Median rent was $388 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,842 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Heights | 1.3 km | 5% | 100% |
| Blackwood | 1.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Pasadena | 2.0 km | 14% | 39% |
| Panorama | 2.1 km | 16% | 60% |
| St Marys | 2.4 km | 29% | 41% |
| Craigburn Farm | 2.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Tonsley City of Marion |
2.5 km | 0% | 56% |
| Bedford Park | 2.5 km | 11% | 98% |
| Lynton | 2.8 km | 17% | 100% |
| Glenalta | 3.2 km | 8% | 100% |