Scott Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Scott Creek
(Adelaide Hills Council, SA) - 5.67 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
5.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Scott Creek'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 Scott Creek
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
typical observed square 8 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,500 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.
Scott Creek at a glance
How Scott Creek is zoned
Selling in Scott Creek? 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 5.67 km², Scott Creek 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. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 40,055 m² across 119 parcels.
Who lives in Scott Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Scott Creek 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 1092, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Scott Creek's 225 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Aldgate - Stirling, the wider ABS statistical area containing Scott Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Scott Creek itself.
17,972 in 2001 to 19,039 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.
Scott Creek 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 Scott Creek 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 Scott Creek. 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 Scott Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Scott Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Scott Creek flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Scott Creek and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Scott Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Scott Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Adelaide Hills Council average of 100%.
Is Scott Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Scott Creek, and over about 64% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 6,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 21 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Scott Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Scott Creek is Productive Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Scott Creek have heritage-listed places?
Scott Creek has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Scott Creek?
Across 119 surveyed parcels in Scott Creek, the median lot size is about 40,055 m².
What is the population of Scott Creek?
At the 2021 Census Scott Creek had 225 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Aldgate - Stirling statistical area, which contains Scott Creek, went from 17,972 people in 2001 to 19,039 in 2025, up 6%.
Is Scott Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Scott Creek scores 1092 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Scott Creek?
Median household income in Scott Creek was $2,166 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,089 for the typical suburb in Adelaide Hills Council. Median rent was $263 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironbank | 1.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bradbury | 2.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Longwood | 2.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Heathfield | 4.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Upper Sturt | 4.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cherry Gardens City of Onkaparinga |
4.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Coromandel East City of Onkaparinga |
4.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Dorset Vale | 5.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mylor | 5.6 km | 5% | 100% |
| Aldgate | 5.7 km | 2% | 100% |