Brooms Head flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Brooms Head
(Clarence Valley, NSW) - 59.22 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
59.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brooms Head's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Brooms Head
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 2 Oct 2026
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.
Brooms Head at a glance
How Brooms Head is zoned
Buying in Brooms Head? The zoning, flood and bushfire lines on the section 10.7 certificate attached to the contract are mapped controls - see our s10.7 certificate guide.
Across its 59.22 km², Brooms Head is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is National Parks and Nature Reserves. The median lot measures about 656 m² across 226 parcels.
Who lives in Brooms Head
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brooms Head 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 970, and decile 4 within New South Wales. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brooms Head's 271 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Maclean - Yamba - Iluka, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brooms Head. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brooms Head itself.
14,359 in 2001 to 18,562 in 2025, up 29%.
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.
Brooms Head 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 | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Zoning | Mapped | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies, 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.
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See what's in the $9 report →Brooms Head planning - frequently asked
Is Brooms Head flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Brooms Head and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%).
Is Brooms Head bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Brooms Head is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Clarence Valley average of 94%.
Is Brooms Head under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Brooms Head in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 2 Oct 2026). 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 Brooms Head?
The dominant planning zone in Brooms Head is National Parks and Nature Reserves, though the suburb also includes Rural Landscape and Forestry.
Does Brooms Head have heritage-listed places?
Brooms Head has 20 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brooms Head?
Across 226 surveyed parcels in Brooms Head, the median lot size is about 656 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Brooms Head have a train station?
There is no train station inside Brooms Head itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
What is the population of Brooms Head?
At the 2021 Census Brooms Head had 271 usual residents, with a median age of 59 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Maclean - Yamba - Iluka statistical area, which contains Brooms Head, went from 14,359 people in 2001 to 18,562 in 2025, up 29%.
Is Brooms Head an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brooms Head scores 970 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within New South Wales (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Brooms Head?
Median household income in Brooms Head was $823 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,187 for the typical suburb in Clarence Valley. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,560 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sandon | 5.6 km | 0% | 98% |
| Taloumbi | 8.1 km | 35% | 100% |
| Sandon | 8.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Shark Creek | 8.4 km | 28% | 100% |
| Yuraygir | 10.3 km | 2% | 99% |
| Tyndale | 13.9 km | 61% | 99% |
| Gulmarrad | 14.4 km | 30% | 98% |
| Wooloweyah | 14.5 km | 97% | 20% |
| Minnie Water | 14.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bookram | 14.6 km | 0% | 100% |