Woodside flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Woodside
(Adelaide Hills Council, SA) - 57.14 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
57.14 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woodside'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 Woodside
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 4 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 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.
Woodside at a glance
How Woodside is zoned
Selling in Woodside? 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 57.14 km², Woodside is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 16 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Productive Rural Landscape. The median lot measures about 1,078 m² across 1,488 parcels.
Who lives in Woodside
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woodside 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 1007, and decile 7 within South Australia. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woodside's 2,701 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lobethal - Woodside, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woodside. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woodside itself.
8,343 in 2001 to 9,996 in 2025, up 20%.
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.
Woodside 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 Woodside address
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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 19% of Woodside. 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 Woodside lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Woodside planning - frequently asked
Is Woodside flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Woodside and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 1%).
Is Woodside bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Woodside is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Adelaide Hills Council average of 100%.
Is Woodside under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 19% of Woodside, and over about 54% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 6,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 28 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 Woodside?
The dominant planning zone in Woodside is Productive Rural Landscape, though the suburb also includes Township and Rural.
Does Woodside have heritage-listed places?
Woodside has 16 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Woodside?
Across 1,488 surveyed parcels in Woodside, the median lot size is about 1,078 m².
Does Woodside have a train station?
There is no train station inside Woodside itself. The suburb is served by 20 bus stops.
What is the population of Woodside?
At the 2021 Census Woodside had 2,701 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Lobethal - Woodside statistical area, which contains Woodside, went from 8,343 people in 2001 to 9,996 in 2025, up 20%.
Is Woodside an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woodside scores 1007 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within South Australia (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Woodside?
Median household income in Woodside was $1,483 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,089 for the typical suburb in Adelaide Hills Council. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,627 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakbank | 5.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Charleston | 5.6 km | 1% | 100% |
| Hay Valley Mount Barker District Council |
5.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lobethal | 7.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Brukunga Mount Barker District Council |
7.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lenswood | 7.6 km | <1% | 100% |
| Mount Barker Junction Mount Barker District Council |
8.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Harrogate Mount Barker District Council |
8.7 km | 0% | 100% |
| Nairne Mount Barker District Council |
9.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Balhannah | 9.3 km | 3% | 100% |