Kingscote flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kingscote
(Kangaroo Island Council, SA) - 18.17 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
18.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kingscote'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 Kingscote
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
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.
Kingscote at a glance
How Kingscote is zoned
Selling in Kingscote? 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 18.17 km², Kingscote is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 46 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Living. The median lot measures about 947 m² across 1,740 parcels.
Who lives in Kingscote
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kingscote 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 928, and decile 3 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kingscote's 1,962 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kangaroo Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kingscote. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kingscote itself.
4,227 in 2001 to 5,212 in 2025, up 23%.
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.
Kingscote 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 Kingscote 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 6% of Kingscote. 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 Kingscote lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kingscote planning - frequently asked
Is Kingscote flood-prone?
About 6% of Kingscote falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Kingscote bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Kingscote is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kangaroo Island Council average of 96%.
Is Kingscote under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Kingscote, and over about 16% 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 4,500 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 Kingscote?
The dominant planning zone in Kingscote is Rural Living, though the suburb also includes Rural and Neighbourhood.
Does Kingscote have heritage-listed places?
Kingscote has 46 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kingscote?
Across 1,740 surveyed parcels in Kingscote, the median lot size is about 947 m².
Does Kingscote have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kingscote itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
What is the population of Kingscote?
At the 2021 Census Kingscote had 1,962 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Kangaroo Island statistical area, which contains Kingscote, went from 4,227 people in 2001 to 5,212 in 2025, up 23%.
Is Kingscote an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kingscote scores 928 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 Kingscote?
Median household income in Kingscote was $1,103 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,249 for the typical suburb in Kangaroo Island Council. Median rent was $214 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownlow Ki | 2.0 km | 48% | 88% |
| Bay Of Shoals | 6.4 km | 13% | 94% |
| Cygnet River | 7.9 km | 28% | 90% |
| North Cape | 8.5 km | 8% | 94% |
| Emu Bay | 9.1 km | 5% | 98% |
| Nepean Bay | 11.2 km | 16% | 90% |
| Wisanger | 11.2 km | 3% | 99% |
| Menzies | 13.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Birchmore | 16.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ballast Head | 18.1 km | 2% | 99% |