Old Calperum flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Old Calperum
(Renmark Paringa Council, SA) - 39.81 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 8 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
39.81 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Old Calperum's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Old Calperum at a glance
How Old Calperum is zoned
Selling in Old Calperum? 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 39.81 km², Old Calperum is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 49% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The median lot measures about 8,467 m² across 91 parcels.
Who lives in Old Calperum
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Old Calperum suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Renmark Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Old Calperum. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Old Calperum itself.
5,291 in 2001 to 5,541 in 2025, up 5%.
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.
Old Calperum 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 8 September 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 Old Calperum 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Old Calperum lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Old Calperum planning - frequently asked
Is Old Calperum flood-prone?
About 49% of Old Calperum falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 54%.
Is Old Calperum bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Old Calperum is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Renmark Paringa Council average of 97%.
What is the zoning in Old Calperum?
The dominant planning zone in Old Calperum is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Strategic Employment.
Does Old Calperum have heritage-listed places?
Old Calperum has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Old Calperum?
Across 91 surveyed parcels in Old Calperum, the median lot size is about 8,467 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renmark South | 3.7 km | 72% | 98% |
| Lyrup | 5.8 km | 100% | 96% |
| Crescent | 6.1 km | 100% | 94% |
| Renmark West | 6.2 km | 8% | 100% |
| Renmark | 8.8 km | 60% | 88% |
| Gurra Gurra | 9.2 km | 100% | 98% |
| Berri The Berri Barmera Council |
9.5 km | 35% | 65% |
| Mundic Creek | 9.8 km | 99% | 98% |
| Pike River | 11.0 km | 50% | 99% |
| Paringa | 11.8 km | 60% | 91% |