North Shields flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of North Shields
(Lower Eyre Council, SA) - 44.72 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
44.72 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North Shields's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over North Shields
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.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
18% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- SA Planning and Design Code aircraft noise
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 Shields at a glance
How North Shields is zoned
Selling in North Shields? 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 44.72 km², North Shields is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 19,027 m² across 252 parcels.
Who lives in North Shields
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North Shields 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 968, and decile 5 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of North Shields's 338 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Eyre Peninsula, the wider ABS statistical area containing North Shields. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North Shields itself.
6,179 in 2001 to 7,232 in 2025, up 17%.
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 Shields 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) | Inside a held contour | 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.
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Is North Shields flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers North Shields and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is North Shields bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of North Shields is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Lower Eyre Council average of 97%.
Is North Shields affected by aircraft noise?
About 18% of North Shields sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is North Shields under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over North Shields in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Shields?
The dominant planning zone in North Shields is Rural, though the suburb also includes Infrastructure (Airfield) and Conservation.
Does North Shields have heritage-listed places?
North Shields has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in North Shields?
Across 252 surveyed parcels in North Shields, the median lot size is about 19,027 m².
What is the population of North Shields?
At the 2021 Census North Shields had 338 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Eyre Peninsula statistical area, which contains North Shields, went from 6,179 people in 2001 to 7,232 in 2025, up 17%.
Is North Shields an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Shields scores 968 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in North Shields?
Median household income in North Shields was $1,733 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,437 for the typical suburb in Lower Eyre Council. Median rent was $345 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiatukia | 5.0 km | 0% | 99% |
| Poonindie | 5.5 km | 0% | 96% |
| Point Boston | 6.3 km | 0% | 82% |
| Tootenilla | 6.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Green Patch | 7.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Boston | 8.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Charlton Gully | 9.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hawson | 9.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Louth Bay | 10.1 km | 0% | 98% |
| Whites Flat | 11.7 km | 0% | 100% |