Vista flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Vista
(City of Tea Tree Gully, SA) - 1.85 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
1.85 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Vista'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 Vista
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 0 a day
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.
Vista at a glance
How Vista is zoned
Selling in Vista? 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 1.85 km², Vista is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The median lot measures about 724 m² across 461 parcels.
Who lives in Vista
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Vista 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 1024, and decile 8 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Vista's 1,035 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of St Agnes - Ridgehaven, the wider ABS statistical area containing Vista. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Vista itself.
12,678 in 2001 to 13,531 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Vista 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 Vista 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 52% of Vista. 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 Vista lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Vista planning - frequently asked
Is Vista flood-prone?
About 14% of Vista falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 16%.
Is Vista bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Vista is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Tea Tree Gully average of 36%.
Is Vista under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 52% of Vista, and over about 64% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Vista?
The dominant planning zone in Vista is Conservation, though the suburb also includes General Neighbourhood and Hills Face.
Does Vista have heritage-listed places?
Vista has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Vista?
Across 461 surveyed parcels in Vista, the median lot size is about 724 m².
Does Vista have a train station?
There is no train station inside Vista itself. The suburb is served by 11 bus stops.
What is the population of Vista?
At the 2021 Census Vista had 1,035 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider St Agnes - Ridgehaven statistical area, which contains Vista, went from 12,678 people in 2001 to 13,531 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Vista an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Vista scores 1024 and sits in decile 8 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 Vista?
Median household income in Vista was $1,820 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,703 for the typical suburb in City of Tea Tree Gully. Median rent was $370 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,636 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea Tree Gully | 1.5 km | 11% | 82% |
| St Agnes | 2.0 km | 25% | <1% |
| Highbury | 2.1 km | 17% | 66% |
| Houghton Adelaide Hills Council |
2.6 km | 2% | 100% |
| Banksia Park | 2.8 km | 15% | 57% |
| Ridgehaven | 3.0 km | 14% | 0% |
| Hope Valley | 3.1 km | 11% | 4% |
| Paracombe Adelaide Hills Council |
3.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Redwood Park | 3.5 km | 13% | 0% |
| Modbury | 3.9 km | 25% | 0% |