Waterloo Corner flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Waterloo Corner
(City of Playford, SA) - 25.96 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
25.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Waterloo Corner's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Waterloo Corner
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
2% 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.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
- SA Planning and Design Code aircraft noise
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 3 Oct 2026
typical observed square 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Waterloo Corner at a glance
How Waterloo Corner is zoned
Selling in Waterloo Corner? 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 25.96 km², Waterloo Corner is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 46% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 82% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Horticulture. The median lot measures about 25,463 m² across 612 parcels.
Who lives in Waterloo Corner
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Waterloo Corner 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 892, and decile 2 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Waterloo Corner's 1,103 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Virginia - Waterloo Corner, the wider ABS statistical area containing Waterloo Corner. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Waterloo Corner itself.
3,155 in 2001 to 8,799 in 2025, up 179%.
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.
Waterloo Corner 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 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 Waterloo Corner 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 62% of Waterloo Corner. 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 Waterloo Corner lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Waterloo Corner planning - frequently asked
Is Waterloo Corner flood-prone?
About 46% of Waterloo Corner falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Waterloo Corner bushfire-prone?
Around 82% of Waterloo Corner is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a City of Playford average of 49%.
Is Waterloo Corner affected by aircraft noise?
About 2% of Waterloo Corner sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. 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 Waterloo Corner under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 62% of Waterloo Corner, and over about 85% 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 7 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 Waterloo Corner?
The dominant planning zone in Waterloo Corner is Rural Horticulture, though the suburb also includes Recreation and Strategic Employment.
Does Waterloo Corner have heritage-listed places?
Waterloo Corner has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Waterloo Corner?
Across 612 surveyed parcels in Waterloo Corner, the median lot size is about 25,463 m². There are also 33 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Waterloo Corner have a train station?
There is no train station inside Waterloo Corner itself. The suburb is served by 7 bus stops.
What is the population of Waterloo Corner?
At the 2021 Census Waterloo Corner had 1,103 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Virginia - Waterloo Corner statistical area, which contains Waterloo Corner, went from 3,155 people in 2001 to 8,799 in 2025, up 179%.
Is Waterloo Corner an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Waterloo Corner scores 892 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Waterloo Corner?
Median household income in Waterloo Corner was $936 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,542 for the typical suburb in City of Playford. Median rent was $225 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,695 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direk City of Salisbury |
3.8 km | 24% | 28% |
| Burton City of Salisbury |
3.8 km | 43% | 9% |
| St Kilda City of Salisbury |
4.4 km | 8% | 9% |
| Virginia | 4.6 km | 53% | 100% |
| Bolivar City of Salisbury |
5.8 km | 30% | 0% |
| Salisbury North City of Salisbury |
5.9 km | 38% | 0% |
| Paralowie City of Salisbury |
6.2 km | 29% | 0% |
| Edinburgh City of Salisbury |
6.2 km | 27% | 14% |
| Penfield | 6.3 km | 26% | 100% |
| Penfield Gardens | 7.2 km | 43% | 100% |