Golden Heights flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Golden Heights
(The District Council of Loxton Waikerie, SA) - 9.63 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
9.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Golden Heights's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Golden Heights
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.
Golden Heights at a glance
How Golden Heights is zoned
Selling in Golden Heights? 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 9.63 km², Golden Heights is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Horticulture. The median lot measures about 22,326 m² across 301 parcels.
Who lives in Golden Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Golden Heights 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 946, and decile 4 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Golden Heights's 271 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Waikerie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Golden Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Golden Heights itself.
6,941 in 2001 to 6,793 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Golden Heights 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.
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Is Golden Heights flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Golden Heights and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 17%).
Is Golden Heights bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Golden Heights is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a The District Council of Loxton Waikerie average of 100%.
Is Golden Heights under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Golden Heights 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 Golden Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Golden Heights is Rural Horticulture, though the suburb also includes Rural.
Does Golden Heights have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Golden Heights.
What is the typical lot size in Golden Heights?
Across 301 surveyed parcels in Golden Heights, the median lot size is about 22,326 m².
What is the population of Golden Heights?
At the 2021 Census Golden Heights had 271 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Waikerie statistical area, which contains Golden Heights, went from 6,941 people in 2001 to 6,793 in 2025, down 2%.
Is Golden Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Golden Heights scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Golden Heights?
Median household income in Golden Heights was $1,208 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,257 for the typical suburb in The District Council of Loxton Waikerie. Median rent was $175 a week and the median mortgage repayment $975 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramco Heights | 2.6 km | 12% | 100% |
| Waikerie | 3.5 km | 8% | 98% |
| Ramco | 3.9 km | 99% | 100% |
| Holder | 8.8 km | 76% | 100% |
| Qualco | 9.8 km | 76% | 100% |
| Sunlands | 9.9 km | 4% | 100% |
| Taylorville | 10.8 km | 79% | 100% |
| Lowbank | 11.2 km | 97% | 100% |
| Kanni | 11.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Stockyard Plain | 12.1 km | 0% | 100% |
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