Fitzgerald Bay flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Fitzgerald Bay
(The Corporation of the City of Whyalla, SA) - 4.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
4.15 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Fitzgerald Bay's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Fitzgerald 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 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.
Fitzgerald Bay at a glance
How Fitzgerald Bay is zoned
Selling in Fitzgerald 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 4.15 km², Fitzgerald Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 53% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands. The median lot measures about 988 m² across 31 parcels.
Who lives in Fitzgerald Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Fitzgerald 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 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 Fitzgerald Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Fitzgerald Bay 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.
Fitzgerald 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 12 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 Fitzgerald Bay address
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See what's in the $9 report →Fitzgerald Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Fitzgerald Bay flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Fitzgerald Bay and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 14%).
Is Fitzgerald Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 53% of Fitzgerald Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a The Corporation of the City of Whyalla average of 64%.
Is Fitzgerald Bay under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Fitzgerald Bay 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 Fitzgerald Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Fitzgerald Bay is Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Rural Shack Settlement.
Does Fitzgerald Bay have heritage-listed places?
Fitzgerald Bay has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Fitzgerald Bay?
Across 31 surveyed parcels in Fitzgerald Bay, the median lot size is about 988 m².
Is Fitzgerald Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Fitzgerald Bay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backy Point | 3.6 km | 0% | 83% |
| Port Bonython | 5.3 km | 0% | 96% |
| Douglas Point South | 5.7 km | 0% | 80% |
| Point Lowly North | 7.7 km | 0% | 70% |
| Point Lowly | 8.7 km | 0% | 71% |
| Douglas Point | 9.3 km | 0% | 74% |
| Whyalla Barson | 20.4 km | 21% | 96% |
| Whyalla Playford | 21.6 km | 18% | 13% |
| Whyalla | 21.9 km | 13% | 13% |
| Whyalla Norrie | 23.0 km | 32% | 28% |
See all The Corporation of the City of Whyalla suburb profiles →