Longwood flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Longwood
(Adelaide Hills Council, SA) - 2.76 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
2.76 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Longwood'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 Longwood
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 12 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.
Longwood at a glance
How Longwood is zoned
Selling in Longwood? 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 2.76 km², Longwood 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 is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 15,498 m² across 96 parcels.
Who lives in Longwood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Longwood 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 1089, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Longwood's 325 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Aldgate - Stirling, the wider ABS statistical area containing Longwood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Longwood itself.
17,972 in 2001 to 19,039 in 2025, up 6%.
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.
Longwood 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 Longwood 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 26% of Longwood. 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 Longwood lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Longwood planning - frequently asked
Is Longwood flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Longwood and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Longwood bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Longwood is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Adelaide Hills Council average of 100%.
Is Longwood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 26% of Longwood, and over about 95% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 7,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 20 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 Longwood?
The dominant planning zone in Longwood is Productive Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Resource Extraction and Conservation.
Does Longwood have heritage-listed places?
Longwood has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Longwood?
Across 96 surveyed parcels in Longwood, the median lot size is about 15,498 m².
What is the population of Longwood?
At the 2021 Census Longwood had 325 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Aldgate - Stirling statistical area, which contains Longwood, went from 17,972 people in 2001 to 19,039 in 2025, up 6%.
Is Longwood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Longwood scores 1089 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 Longwood?
Median household income in Longwood was $2,349 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,089 for the typical suburb in Adelaide Hills Council. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield | 2.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Scott Creek | 2.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ironbank | 2.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bradbury | 2.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Aldgate | 3.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Mylor | 3.4 km | 5% | 100% |
| Upper Sturt | 3.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Stirling | 4.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Bridgewater | 4.9 km | 4% | 100% |
| Chapel Hill Mount Barker District Council |
6.2 km | 0% | 100% |