Leawood Gardens flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Leawood Gardens
(City of Mitcham, SA) - 1.92 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
1.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Leawood Gardens'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 Leawood Gardens
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: 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.
Leawood Gardens at a glance
How Leawood Gardens is zoned
Selling in Leawood Gardens? 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 1.92 km², Leawood Gardens 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 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Hills Face. The median lot measures about 9,689 m² across 56 parcels.
Who lives in Leawood Gardens
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Leawood Gardens 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 1107, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Belair, the wider ABS statistical area containing Leawood Gardens. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Leawood Gardens itself.
4,892 in 2001 to 4,895 in 2025, up 0%.
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.
Leawood Gardens 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 Leawood Gardens 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 1% of Leawood Gardens. 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 Leawood Gardens lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Leawood Gardens planning - frequently asked
Is Leawood Gardens flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Leawood Gardens and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 12%).
Is Leawood Gardens bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Leawood Gardens is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Mitcham average of 53%.
Is Leawood Gardens under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 1% of Leawood Gardens, and over about 80% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 5 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 Leawood Gardens?
The dominant planning zone in Leawood Gardens is Hills Face.
Does Leawood Gardens have heritage-listed places?
Leawood Gardens has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Leawood Gardens?
Across 56 surveyed parcels in Leawood Gardens, the median lot size is about 9,689 m².
Does Leawood Gardens have a train station?
There is no train station inside Leawood Gardens itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Leawood Gardens?
At the 2021 Census Leawood Gardens had 57 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Belair statistical area, which contains Leawood Gardens, went from 4,892 people in 2001 to 4,895 in 2025, up 0%.
Is Leawood Gardens an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Leawood Gardens scores 1107 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Leawood Gardens?
Median household income in Leawood Gardens was $2,666 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,139 for the typical suburb in City of Mitcham. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfall Gully City of Burnside |
1.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mount Osmond City of Burnside |
1.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Glen Osmond City of Burnside |
2.3 km | 0% | 70% |
| Brown Hill Creek | 2.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Beaumont City of Burnside |
2.6 km | 1% | 73% |
| Cleland Adelaide Hills Council |
2.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Crafers West Adelaide Hills Council |
2.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Urrbrae | 2.8 km | 0% | 56% |
| St Georges City of Burnside |
3.0 km | 0% | 4% |
| Greenhill Adelaide Hills Council |
3.2 km | 0% | 100% |