Glenside flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Glenside
(City of Burnside, SA) - 1.12 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.12 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glenside'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 Glenside
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 4 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,500 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.
Glenside at a glance
How Glenside is zoned
Selling in Glenside? 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 1.12 km², Glenside is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 16 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Suburban Neighbourhood. The median lot measures about 140 m² across 2,331 parcels.
Who lives in Glenside
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glenside 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 1043, and decile 9 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Glenside's 2,852 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Toorak Gardens, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glenside. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glenside itself.
15,089 in 2001 to 17,318 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Glenside 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 Glenside 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 12% of Glenside. 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 Glenside lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Glenside planning - frequently asked
Is Glenside flood-prone?
About 14% of Glenside falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Glenside bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Glenside and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the City of Burnside average is 30%).
Is Glenside under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 12% of Glenside, and over about 96% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 9 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 Glenside?
The dominant planning zone in Glenside is Suburban Neighbourhood, though the suburb also includes Urban Corridor (Living) and Housing Diversity Neighbourhood.
Does Glenside have heritage-listed places?
Glenside has 16 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Glenside?
Across 2,331 surveyed parcels in Glenside, the median lot size is about 140 m².
Does Glenside have a train station?
There is no train station inside Glenside itself. The suburb is served by 7 bus stops.
What is the population of Glenside?
At the 2021 Census Glenside had 2,852 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Toorak Gardens statistical area, which contains Glenside, went from 15,089 people in 2001 to 17,318 in 2025, up 15%.
Is Glenside an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glenside scores 1043 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 Glenside?
Median household income in Glenside was $1,363 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,292 for the typical suburb in City of Burnside. Median rent was $326 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,842 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frewville | 0.7 km | 0% | 0% |
| Dulwich | 0.8 km | 3% | 0% |
| Glenunga | 1.0 km | 0% | 0% |
| Eastwood | 1.0 km | 22% | 0% |
| Toorak Gardens | 1.1 km | <1% | 0% |
| Fullarton City of Unley |
1.2 km | 10% | 0% |
| Linden Park | 1.2 km | 0% | 0% |
| Rose Park | 1.4 km | 0% | 0% |
| Tusmore | 1.4 km | 9% | 0% |
| Parkside City of Unley |
1.7 km | 5% | 0% |