Kent Town flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kent Town
(The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, SA) - 0.61 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
0.61 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kent Town'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 Kent Town
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,500 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.
Kent Town at a glance
How Kent Town is zoned
Selling in Kent Town? 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 0.61 km², Kent Town is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 70 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Community Facilities. The median lot measures about 88 m² across 2,132 parcels.
Who lives in Kent Town
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kent Town 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 1035, and decile 9 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kent Town's 1,443 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Norwood (SA), the wider ABS statistical area containing Kent Town. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kent Town itself.
9,290 in 2001 to 12,253 in 2025, up 32%.
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.
Kent Town 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 Kent Town 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 55% of Kent Town. 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 Kent Town lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kent Town planning - frequently asked
Is Kent Town flood-prone?
About 29% of Kent Town falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Kent Town bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Kent Town and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Kent Town under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 55% of Kent Town, and over about 100% 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Kent Town?
The dominant planning zone in Kent Town is Community Facilities, though the suburb also includes Urban Corridor (Boulevard) and Established Neighbourhood.
Does Kent Town have heritage-listed places?
Kent Town has 70 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kent Town?
Across 2,132 surveyed parcels in Kent Town, the median lot size is about 88 m².
Does Kent Town have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kent Town itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.
What is the population of Kent Town?
At the 2021 Census Kent Town had 1,443 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 1.7 people. The wider Norwood (SA) statistical area, which contains Kent Town, went from 9,290 people in 2001 to 12,253 in 2025, up 32%.
Is Kent Town an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kent Town scores 1035 and sits in decile 8 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 Kent Town?
Median household income in Kent Town was $1,461 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,752 for the typical suburb in The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,924 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | 1.0 km | 20% | 0% |
| Norwood | 1.2 km | 17% | 0% |
| College Park | 1.2 km | 32% | 0% |
| Rose Park City of Burnside |
1.2 km | 0% | 0% |
| Stepney | 1.5 km | 37% | 0% |
| Adelaide City of Adelaide |
1.8 km | 9% | 0% |
| Dulwich City of Burnside |
1.8 km | 3% | 0% |
| St Peters | 2.0 km | 28% | 0% |
| Maylands | 2.0 km | 30% | 0% |
| Toorak Gardens City of Burnside |
2.1 km | <1% | 0% |
See all The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters suburb profiles →