Freeling flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Freeling
(Light Regional Council, SA) - 90.39 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
90.39 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Freeling'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 Freeling
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 1 a day
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.
Freeling at a glance
How Freeling is zoned
Selling in Freeling? 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 90.39 km², Freeling 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 are 23 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,214 m² across 1,482 parcels.
Who lives in Freeling
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Freeling 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 942, and decile 3 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Freeling's 2,688 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Light, the wider ABS statistical area containing Freeling. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Freeling itself.
7,332 in 2001 to 10,631 in 2025, up 45%.
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.
Freeling 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 Freeling 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 17% of Freeling. 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 Freeling lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Freeling planning - frequently asked
Is Freeling flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Freeling and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Freeling bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Freeling is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Light Regional Council average of 100%.
Is Freeling under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 17% of Freeling, and over about 31% 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 Freeling?
The dominant planning zone in Freeling is Rural, though the suburb also includes Established Neighbourhood and Rural Living.
Does Freeling have heritage-listed places?
Freeling has 23 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Freeling?
Across 1,482 surveyed parcels in Freeling, the median lot size is about 1,214 m².
Does Freeling have a train station?
There is no train station inside Freeling itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.
What is the population of Freeling?
At the 2021 Census Freeling had 2,688 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Light statistical area, which contains Freeling, went from 7,332 people in 2001 to 10,631 in 2025, up 45%.
Is Freeling an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Freeling scores 942 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Freeling?
Median household income in Freeling was $1,755 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,874 for the typical suburb in Light Regional Council. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daveyston | 5.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Shea-Oak Log | 5.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Nain | 6.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Morn Hill | 7.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Templers | 7.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Fords | 8.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Seppeltsfield | 9.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Linwood | 9.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Greenock | 10.7 km | 2% | 100% |
| Kingsford | 11.0 km | 1% | 100% |