Wandearah West flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wandearah West
(Port Pirie Regional Council, SA) - 192.53 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
192.53 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wandearah West'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 Wandearah West
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: observed, lowest 6,500 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.
Wandearah West at a glance
How Wandearah West is zoned
Selling in Wandearah West? 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 192.53 km², Wandearah West is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 59% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands. The median lot measures about 1,399,897 m² across 75 parcels.
Who lives in Wandearah West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wandearah West 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 1020, and decile 8 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Port Pirie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wandearah West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wandearah West itself.
3,212 in 2001 to 3,433 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.
Wandearah West 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 Wandearah West 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 Wandearah West lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wandearah West planning - frequently asked
Is Wandearah West flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Wandearah West and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 12%).
Is Wandearah West bushfire-prone?
Around 59% of Wandearah West is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Port Pirie Regional Council average of 86%.
Is Wandearah West under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Wandearah West in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Wandearah West?
The dominant planning zone in Wandearah West is Coastal Waters and Offshore Islands, though the suburb also includes Rural and Conservation.
Does Wandearah West have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wandearah West.
What is the typical lot size in Wandearah West?
Across 75 surveyed parcels in Wandearah West, the median lot size is about 1,399,897 m².
Is Wandearah West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wandearah West scores 1020 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).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Broughton | 10.9 km | 0% | 90% |
| Fisherman Bay Barunga West Council |
13.5 km | 0% | 47% |
| Wandearah East | 14.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Clements Gap Barunga West Council |
19.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Pirie East | 19.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Port Davis | 20.0 km | 0% | 61% |
| Nurom | 20.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Risdon Park South | 22.1 km | 19% | 96% |
| Merriton | 22.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Risdon Park | 24.5 km | 24% | 91% |