North Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of North Beach
(Copper Coast Council, SA) - 4.42 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
4.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North Beach'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 North Beach
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.
North Beach at a glance
How North Beach is zoned
Selling in North Beach? 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 4.42 km², North Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 64% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood. The median lot measures about 698 m² across 915 parcels.
Who lives in North Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North Beach 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 933, and decile 3 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of North Beach's 676 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wallaroo, the wider ABS statistical area containing North Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North Beach itself.
3,027 in 2001 to 4,971 in 2025, up 64%.
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.
North Beach 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 North Beach 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 North Beach. 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 North Beach lot.
See what's in the $9 report →North Beach planning - frequently asked
Is North Beach flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers North Beach and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is North Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 64% of North Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Copper Coast Council average of 87%.
Is North Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of North Beach, and over about 12% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 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 North Beach?
The dominant planning zone in North Beach is Neighbourhood, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands.
Does North Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within North Beach.
What is the typical lot size in North Beach?
Across 915 surveyed parcels in North Beach, the median lot size is about 698 m².
What is the population of North Beach?
At the 2021 Census North Beach had 676 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Wallaroo statistical area, which contains North Beach, went from 3,027 people in 2001 to 4,971 in 2025, up 64%.
Is North Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Beach scores 933 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 North Beach?
Median household income in North Beach was $1,037 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,073 for the typical suburb in Copper Coast Council. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,409 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallaroo | 4.0 km | 0% | 84% |
| Wallaroo Plain | 5.7 km | 0% | 99% |
| New Town | 8.2 km | 0% | 52% |
| Jericho | 8.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Wallaroo Mines | 9.1 km | 0% | 78% |
| Matta Flat | 10.2 km | 0% | 42% |
| Jerusalem | 11.0 km | 0% | 72% |
| Kadina | 11.6 km | 0% | 98% |
| Warburto | 11.9 km | 0% | 79% |
| Paramatta | 15.2 km | 0% | 100% |