Wombats Rest flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wombats Rest
(Mid Murray Council, SA) - 0.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
0.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wombats Rest's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Wombats Rest
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 to
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.
Wombats Rest at a glance
How Wombats Rest is zoned
Selling in Wombats Rest? 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 0.05 km², Wombats Rest is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Shack Settlement. The median lot measures about 31,427 m² across 1 parcels.
Who lives in Wombats Rest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wombats Rest 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 973, and decile 5 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Waikerie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wombats Rest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wombats Rest itself.
6,941 in 2001 to 6,793 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Wombats Rest 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 12 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Is Wombats Rest flood-prone?
About 100% of Wombats Rest falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Wombats Rest bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Wombats Rest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mid Murray Council average of 100%.
Is Wombats Rest under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Wombats Rest in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Wombats Rest?
The dominant planning zone in Wombats Rest is Rural Shack Settlement, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Rural.
Does Wombats Rest have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wombats Rest.
What is the typical lot size in Wombats Rest?
Across 1 surveyed parcels in Wombats Rest, the median lot size is about 31,427 m².
Is Wombats Rest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wombats Rest scores 973 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | 3.6 km | 23% | 100% |
| Brenda Park | 4.8 km | 100% | 100% |
| Morphetts Flat | 7.2 km | 100% | 100% |
| Beaumonts | 8.0 km | 100% | 100% |
| North West Bend | 8.7 km | 100% | 100% |
| Cadell | 9.7 km | 32% | 100% |
| Murbko The District Council of Loxton Waikerie |
10.2 km | 12% | 100% |
| Eba | 10.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Cadell Lagoon | 12.0 km | 100% | 100% |
| Sunlands The District Council of Loxton Waikerie |
18.8 km | 4% | 100% |