Pinery flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Pinery
(Wakefield Regional Council, SA) - 97.97 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
97.97 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pinery'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 Pinery
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 26 Sep 2026
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Pinery at a glance
How Pinery is zoned
Selling in Pinery? 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 97.97 km², Pinery 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. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 413,374 m² across 158 parcels.
Who lives in Pinery
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pinery 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 929, and decile 3 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pinery's 87 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wakefield - Barunga West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pinery. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pinery itself.
9,198 in 2001 to 9,786 in 2025, up 6%.
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.
Pinery 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 26 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 Pinery 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 8% of Pinery. 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 Pinery lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Pinery planning - frequently asked
Is Pinery flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Pinery and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 0%).
Is Pinery bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Pinery is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wakefield Regional Council average of 98%.
Is Pinery under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Pinery, and over about 24% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 26 Sep 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 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 Pinery?
The dominant planning zone in Pinery is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Settlement.
Does Pinery have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Pinery.
What is the typical lot size in Pinery?
Across 158 surveyed parcels in Pinery, the median lot size is about 413,374 m².
Does Pinery have a train station?
There is no train station inside Pinery itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Pinery?
At the 2021 Census Pinery had 87 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area, which contains Pinery, went from 9,198 people in 2001 to 9,786 in 2025, up 6%.
Is Pinery an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pinery scores 929 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 Pinery?
Median household income in Pinery was $1,468 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,182 for the typical suburb in Wakefield Regional Council. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,900 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Plains Adelaide Plains Council |
7.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Long Plains Adelaide Plains Council |
9.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Avon | 9.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Erith | 9.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Owen | 10.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Calomba Adelaide Plains Council |
10.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hoskin Corner | 11.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Dalkey | 12.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Kallora | 15.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Stockyard Creek | 15.8 km | 0% | 100% |