Forestville flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Forestville
(City of Unley, SA) - 0.55 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
0.55 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Forestville'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 Forestville
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: 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.
Forestville at a glance
How Forestville is zoned
Selling in Forestville? 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 0.55 km², Forestville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 50% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 23 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Established Neighbourhood. The median lot measures about 391 m² across 871 parcels.
Who lives in Forestville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Forestville 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 1061, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Forestville's 1,400 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Goodwood - Millswood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Forestville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Forestville itself.
16,912 in 2001 to 18,506 in 2025, up 9%.
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.
Forestville 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 Forestville 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 26% of Forestville. 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 Forestville lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Forestville planning - frequently asked
Is Forestville flood-prone?
About 50% of Forestville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 20%.
Is Forestville bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Forestville and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Forestville under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 26% of Forestville, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 26 Sep 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 1,000 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 Forestville?
The dominant planning zone in Forestville is Established Neighbourhood, though the suburb also includes Urban Corridor (Living) and Urban Corridor (Business).
Does Forestville have heritage-listed places?
Forestville has 23 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Forestville?
Across 871 surveyed parcels in Forestville, the median lot size is about 391 m².
Does Forestville have a train station?
There is no train station inside Forestville itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops and 1 tram stop.
What is the population of Forestville?
At the 2021 Census Forestville had 1,400 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Goodwood - Millswood statistical area, which contains Forestville, went from 16,912 people in 2001 to 18,506 in 2025, up 9%.
Is Forestville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Forestville scores 1061 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 Forestville?
Median household income in Forestville was $1,981 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,008 for the typical suburb in City of Unley. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everard Park | 0.6 km | 30% | 0% |
| Ashford City of West Torrens |
0.7 km | 81% | 0% |
| Keswick City of West Torrens |
0.8 km | 72% | 0% |
| Millswood | 1.0 km | 32% | 0% |
| Goodwood | 1.0 km | 37% | 0% |
| Wayville | 1.2 km | 39% | 0% |
| Kurralta Park City of West Torrens |
1.2 km | 52% | 0% |
| Black Forest | 1.3 km | 1% | 0% |
| Clarence Park | 1.4 km | <1% | 0% |
| Glandore City of Marion |
1.5 km | 2% | 0% |