Tatachilla flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Tatachilla
(City of Onkaparinga, SA) - 10.09 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
10.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tatachilla'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 Tatachilla
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.
Tatachilla at a glance
How Tatachilla is zoned
Selling in Tatachilla? 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 10.09 km², Tatachilla 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 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 11,744 m² across 124 parcels.
Who lives in Tatachilla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tatachilla 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 1055, and decile 10 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tatachilla's 231 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of McLaren Vale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tatachilla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tatachilla itself.
4,852 in 2001 to 8,779 in 2025, up 81%.
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.
Tatachilla 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 Tatachilla 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 41% of Tatachilla. 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 Tatachilla lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Tatachilla planning - frequently asked
Is Tatachilla flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Tatachilla and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Tatachilla bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Tatachilla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Onkaparinga average of 69%.
Is Tatachilla under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 41% of Tatachilla, and over about 51% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Tatachilla?
The dominant planning zone in Tatachilla is Rural, though the suburb also includes Resource Extraction.
Does Tatachilla have heritage-listed places?
Tatachilla has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Tatachilla?
Across 124 surveyed parcels in Tatachilla, the median lot size is about 11,744 m².
What is the population of Tatachilla?
At the 2021 Census Tatachilla had 231 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider McLaren Vale statistical area, which contains Tatachilla, went from 4,852 people in 2001 to 8,779 in 2025, up 81%.
Is Tatachilla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tatachilla scores 1055 and sits in decile 9 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 Tatachilla?
Median household income in Tatachilla was $2,075 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,512 for the typical suburb in City of Onkaparinga. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,084 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maslin Beach | 2.7 km | 0% | 98% |
| Whites Valley | 3.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mclaren Vale | 4.3 km | 2% | 100% |
| Aldinga | 4.4 km | 1% | 99% |
| Seaford Rise | 4.4 km | 3% | 51% |
| Port Willunga | 4.6 km | 7% | 90% |
| Seaford Heights | 4.7 km | 0% | 67% |
| Moana | 4.8 km | 11% | 92% |
| Willunga | 6.3 km | 0% | 99% |
| Old Noarlunga | 6.5 km | 13% | 96% |