North West Bend flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of North West Bend
(Mid Murray Council, SA) - 0.25 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
0.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North West Bend'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 West Bend
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 West Bend at a glance
How North West Bend is zoned
Selling in North West Bend? 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 0.25 km², North West Bend is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Shack Settlement. The median lot measures about 1,040 m² across 87 parcels.
Who lives in North West Bend
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North West Bend 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 943, and decile 3 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Waikerie, the wider ABS statistical area containing North West Bend. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North West Bend itself.
6,941 in 2001 to 6,793 in 2025, down 2%.
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 West Bend 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 West Bend 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.
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 West Bend lot.
See what's in the $9 report →North West Bend planning - frequently asked
Is North West Bend flood-prone?
About 100% of North West Bend falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is North West Bend bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of North West Bend is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mid Murray Council average of 100%.
Is North West Bend under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 16% of North West Bend in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 9,000 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 West Bend?
The dominant planning zone in North West Bend is Rural Shack Settlement, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does North West Bend have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within North West Bend.
What is the typical lot size in North West Bend?
Across 87 surveyed parcels in North West Bend, the median lot size is about 1,040 m².
Is North West Bend an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North West Bend scores 943 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).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumonts | 0.8 km | 100% | 100% |
| Morphetts Flat | 2.0 km | 100% | 100% |
| Brenda Park | 4.1 km | 100% | 100% |
| Morgan | 7.2 km | 23% | 100% |
| Cadell Lagoon | 7.4 km | 100% | 100% |
| Wombats Rest | 8.7 km | 100% | 100% |
| Eba | 9.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cadell | 10.5 km | 32% | 100% |
| Stuart | 13.2 km | 11% | 100% |
| Lindley | 17.5 km | 0% | 100% |