Meadows flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Meadows
(Mount Barker District Council, SA) - 42.42 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
42.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Meadows'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 Meadows
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.
Meadows at a glance
How Meadows is zoned
Selling in Meadows? 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 42.42 km², Meadows 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 27 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 1,209 m² across 903 parcels.
Who lives in Meadows
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Meadows 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 1009, and decile 7 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Meadows's 1,717 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Barker Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Meadows. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Meadows itself.
5,440 in 2001 to 7,402 in 2025, up 36%.
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.
Meadows 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 Meadows 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 10% of Meadows. 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 Meadows lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Meadows planning - frequently asked
Is Meadows flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Meadows and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 0%).
Is Meadows bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Meadows is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Barker District Council average of 100%.
Is Meadows under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Meadows, and over about 43% 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 5,500 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 Meadows?
The dominant planning zone in Meadows is Productive Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Rural and Conservation.
Does Meadows have heritage-listed places?
Meadows has 27 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Meadows?
Across 903 surveyed parcels in Meadows, the median lot size is about 1,209 m².
Does Meadows have a train station?
There is no train station inside Meadows itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Meadows?
At the 2021 Census Meadows had 1,717 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Mount Barker Surrounds statistical area, which contains Meadows, went from 5,440 people in 2001 to 7,402 in 2025, up 36%.
Is Meadows an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Meadows scores 1009 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Meadows?
Median household income in Meadows was $1,964 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,812 for the typical suburb in Mount Barker District Council. Median rent was $343 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,645 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hills Range | 4.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Prospect Hill | 6.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Jupiter Creek | 6.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Paris Creek Alexandrina Council |
7.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bull Creek | 7.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Kangarilla City of Onkaparinga |
7.4 km | <1% | 100% |
| Flaxley | 7.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Kuitpo Alexandrina Council |
8.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Dorset Vale Adelaide Hills Council |
8.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Macclesfield | 8.8 km | 0% | 100% |