Airlie Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Airlie Beach
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 3.22 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
3.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Airlie Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Airlie Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Airlie Beach
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.91 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.71 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Airlie Beach is zoned
Selling in Airlie Beach? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.
Across its 3.22 km², Airlie Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 87% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The median lot measures about 871 m² across 1,687 parcels.
Who lives in Airlie Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Airlie Beach 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 1002, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Airlie Beach's 1,312 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Airlie - Whitsundays, the wider ABS statistical area containing Airlie Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Airlie Beach itself.
8,192 in 2001 to 16,597 in 2025, up 103%.
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.
Airlie Beach 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 relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
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.
Check a specific Airlie Beach 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Airlie Beach lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Airlie Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Airlie Beach flood-prone?
About 40% of Airlie Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Airlie Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 87% of Airlie Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 69%.
What is the zoning in Airlie Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Airlie Beach is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Recreation and open space.
Does Airlie Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Airlie Beach.
What is the typical lot size in Airlie Beach?
Across 1,687 surveyed parcels in Airlie Beach, the median lot size is about 871 m². There are also 279 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Airlie Beach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Airlie Beach itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Airlie Beach?
At the 2021 Census Airlie Beach had 1,312 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 1.8 people. The wider Airlie - Whitsundays statistical area, which contains Airlie Beach, went from 8,192 people in 2001 to 16,597 in 2025, up 103%.
Is Airlie Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Airlie Beach scores 1002 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Airlie Beach?
Median household income in Airlie Beach was $1,562 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,925 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandalay | 2.0 km | 87% | 71% |
| Jubilee Pocket | 2.0 km | 19% | 90% |
| Cannonvale | 2.8 km | 36% | 76% |
| Flametree | 3.3 km | 68% | 97% |
| Mount Rooper | 4.9 km | 4% | 91% |
| Shute Harbour | 7.8 km | 76% | 66% |
| Riordanvale | 7.8 km | 6% | 91% |
| Brandy Creek | 7.9 km | <1% | 92% |
| Woodwark | 8.5 km | 44% | 93% |
| Cannon Valley | 8.5 km | 42% | 76% |