Forest Range flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Forest Range
(Adelaide Hills Council, SA) - 10.3 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
10.3 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Forest Range'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 Forest Range
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 26 Sep 2026
Night movements: observed, lowest 8,500 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.
Forest Range at a glance
How Forest Range is zoned
Selling in Forest Range? 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 10.3 km², Forest Range 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 is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 40,754 m² across 152 parcels.
Who lives in Forest Range
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Forest Range 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 1047, and decile 9 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Forest Range's 290 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lobethal - Woodside, the wider ABS statistical area containing Forest Range. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Forest Range itself.
8,343 in 2001 to 9,996 in 2025, up 20%.
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.
Forest Range 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 26 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 Forest Range 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 8% of Forest Range. 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 Forest Range lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Forest Range planning - frequently asked
Is Forest Range flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Forest Range and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Forest Range bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Forest Range is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Adelaide Hills Council average of 100%.
Is Forest Range under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Forest Range, and over about 23% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 26 Sep 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 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 Forest Range?
The dominant planning zone in Forest Range is Productive Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Forest Range have heritage-listed places?
Forest Range has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Forest Range?
Across 152 surveyed parcels in Forest Range, the median lot size is about 40,754 m².
What is the population of Forest Range?
At the 2021 Census Forest Range had 290 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Lobethal - Woodside statistical area, which contains Forest Range, went from 8,343 people in 2001 to 9,996 in 2025, up 20%.
Is Forest Range an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Forest Range scores 1047 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Forest Range?
Median household income in Forest Range was $2,089 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,089 for the typical suburb in Adelaide Hills Council. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basket Range | 2.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lenswood | 2.9 km | <1% | 100% |
| Cherryville | 3.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Marble Hill | 4.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Carey Gully | 4.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Uraidla | 5.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Norton Summit | 5.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ashton | 6.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Montacute | 6.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Balhannah | 6.9 km | 3% | 100% |