Mount Charles flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Charles
(Tatiara District Council, SA) - 158.22 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
158.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Charles'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 Mount Charles
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.
Mount Charles at a glance
How Mount Charles is zoned
Selling in Mount Charles? 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 158.22 km², Mount Charles 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 Rural. The median lot measures about 2,154,137 m² across 65 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Charles
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Charles 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 1050, and decile 9 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tatiara, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Charles. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Charles itself.
7,032 in 2001 to 7,088 in 2025, up 1%.
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.
Mount Charles 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 Mount Charles address
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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Mount Charles. 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 Mount Charles lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Charles planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Charles flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mount Charles and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 0%).
Is Mount Charles bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Mount Charles is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tatiara District Council average of 100%.
Is Mount Charles under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Mount Charles, and over about 6% 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 5,000 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 Mount Charles?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Charles is Rural.
Does Mount Charles have heritage-listed places?
Mount Charles has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Charles?
Across 65 surveyed parcels in Mount Charles, the median lot size is about 2,154,137 m².
What is the population of Mount Charles?
At the 2021 Census Mount Charles had 58 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Tatiara statistical area, which contains Mount Charles, went from 7,032 people in 2001 to 7,088 in 2025, up 1%.
Is Mount Charles an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Charles scores 1050 and sits in decile 9 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 Mount Charles?
Median household income in Mount Charles was $1,812 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,749 for the typical suburb in Tatiara District Council.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laffer | 10.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Coombe Coorong District Council |
17.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bunbury Coorong District Council |
18.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Keith | 18.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tintinara Coorong District Council |
25.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Deepwater Coorong District Council |
30.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Petherick | 30.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Brimbago | 32.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Makin | 34.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Willalooka | 35.0 km | 0% | 100% |