Suttontown flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Suttontown
(Southern Limestone Coast Council, SA) - 33.8 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
33.8 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Suttontown'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 Suttontown
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
4% 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 to
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.
Suttontown at a glance
How Suttontown is zoned
Selling in Suttontown? 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 33.8 km², Suttontown is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 2,831 m² across 722 parcels.
Who lives in Suttontown
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Suttontown 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 1014, and decile 8 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Suttontown's 692 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Gambier - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Suttontown. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Suttontown itself.
13,047 in 2001 to 15,284 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.
Suttontown 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 12 September 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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See what's in the $9 report →Suttontown planning - frequently asked
Is Suttontown flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Suttontown and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Suttontown bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Suttontown is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Southern Limestone Coast Council average of 98%.
Is Suttontown affected by aircraft noise?
About 4% of Suttontown 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 Suttontown under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Suttontown in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). 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 Suttontown?
The dominant planning zone in Suttontown is Rural, though the suburb also includes Suburban Neighbourhood and Rural Living.
Does Suttontown have heritage-listed places?
Suttontown has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Suttontown?
Across 722 surveyed parcels in Suttontown, the median lot size is about 2,831 m².
Does Suttontown have a train station?
There is no train station inside Suttontown itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Suttontown?
At the 2021 Census Suttontown had 692 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Mount Gambier - West statistical area, which contains Suttontown, went from 13,047 people in 2001 to 15,284 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Suttontown an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Suttontown scores 1014 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Suttontown?
Median household income in Suttontown was $2,330 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,833 for the typical suburb in Southern Limestone Coast Council. Median rent was $275 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier City of Mount Gambier |
5.3 km | 0% | 41% |
| Wandilo | 6.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Compton | 6.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Worrolong | 7.4 km | 0% | 98% |
| Mil-Lel | 9.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Dismal Swamp | 10.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Square Mile | 10.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ob Flat | 11.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Moorak | 11.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Yahl | 13.7 km | 0% | 100% |