Banya flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Banya
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 3.64 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
3.64 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Banya's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Banya properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,952 Banya properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,952 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Banya.
Banya at a glance
Schools in and near Banya
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: 0.11 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.75 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 Banya is zoned
Selling in Banya? 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 3.64 km², Banya is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 3% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is No. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 350 m² across 2,878 parcels.
Recent development applications in Banya
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Banya
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Banya 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 1038, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Banya's 343 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Caloundra West - Baringa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Banya. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Banya itself.
1,986 in 2001 to 23,872 in 2025, up 1102%.
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.
Banya 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
Profile last materially updated 19 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 Banya 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Banya. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Banya lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Banya planning - frequently asked
Is Banya flood-prone?
About 27% of Banya falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 14% of the 2,952 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 96 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Banya bushfire-prone?
Around 3% of Banya is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Banya?
The dominant planning zone in Banya is No.
Does Banya have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Banya.
Is Banya hilly or flat?
Banya is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 9 m to 24 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Banya?
Across 2,878 surveyed parcels in Banya, the median lot size is about 350 m². There are also 52 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Banya?
At the 2021 Census Banya had 343 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Caloundra West - Baringa statistical area, which contains Banya, went from 1,986 people in 2001 to 23,872 in 2025, up 1102%.
Is Banya an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Banya scores 1038 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Banya?
Median household income in Banya was $1,942 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $560 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gagalba | 1.6 km | 24% | 3% |
| Nirimba | 1.9 km | 33% | 9% |
| Aura Central | 2.6 km | 32% | 11% |
| Bells Creek | 3.6 km | 78% | 46% |
| Corbould Park | 4.2 km | 30% | 58% |
| Baringa | 4.5 km | 32% | 25% |
| Landsborough | 5.6 km | 21% | 70% |
| Pelican Waters | 5.9 km | 72% | 23% |
| Caloundra West | 6.5 km | 46% | 48% |
| Coochin Creek | 6.7 km | Not measured | 63% |