Toora flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Toora
(The Rural City of Murray Bridge, SA) - 7.92 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
7.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Toora'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 Toora
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: 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.
Toora at a glance
How Toora is zoned
Selling in Toora? 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 7.92 km², Toora is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 99% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% 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 143,292 m² across 41 parcels.
Who lives in Toora
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Toora 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 966, and decile 4 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Murray Bridge Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Toora. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Toora itself.
3,472 in 2001 to 3,993 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Toora 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 Toora 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.
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 Toora lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Toora planning - frequently asked
Is Toora flood-prone?
About 99% of Toora falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 47%.
Is Toora bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Toora is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a The Rural City of Murray Bridge average of 99%.
Is Toora under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Toora in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 7,500 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 Toora?
The dominant planning zone in Toora is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Toora have heritage-listed places?
Toora has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Toora?
Across 41 surveyed parcels in Toora, the median lot size is about 143,292 m².
Is Toora an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Toora scores 966 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Dell | 2.0 km | 98% | 100% |
| Murrawong | 3.0 km | 100% | 100% |
| Riverglades | 3.0 km | 100% | 99% |
| Murray Bridge North | 3.4 km | 8% | 100% |
| Willow Banks | 4.1 km | 100% | 100% |
| Mobilong | 4.2 km | 100% | 100% |
| Greenbanks | 4.5 km | 100% | 100% |
| Mypolonga | 4.8 km | 36% | 100% |
| Murray Bridge East | 4.9 km | 36% | 95% |
| Northern Heights | 5.3 km | 62% | 100% |