Battery Hill flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Battery Hill
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 0.92 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
0.92 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Battery Hill's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Battery Hill properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,224 Battery Hill properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,224 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Battery Hill.
Battery Hill at a glance
Schools in and near Battery Hill
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: 0.05 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.00 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 Battery Hill is zoned
Selling in Battery Hill? 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 0.92 km², Battery Hill is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 3% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 555 m² across 1,220 parcels.
Recent development applications in Battery Hill
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
Latest included submission: 8 June 2026.
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 Battery Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Battery Hill 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 971, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Battery Hill's 2,596 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moffat Beach - Battery Hill, the wider ABS statistical area containing Battery Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Battery Hill itself.
7,539 in 2001 to 8,303 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
Battery Hill 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 Battery Hill 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 Battery Hill. 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 Battery Hill lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Battery Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Battery Hill flood-prone?
About 12% of Battery Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 12% of the 1,224 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 51 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Battery Hill bushfire-prone?
Around 3% of Battery Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Battery Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Battery Hill is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Medium Density Residential and Low-Medium Density Residential.
Does Battery Hill have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Battery Hill.
Is Battery Hill hilly or flat?
Battery Hill is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 25 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Battery Hill?
Across 1,220 surveyed parcels in Battery Hill, the median lot size is about 555 m². There are also 38 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Battery Hill have a train station?
There is no train station inside Battery Hill itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Battery Hill?
At the 2021 Census Battery Hill had 2,596 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Moffat Beach - Battery Hill statistical area, which contains Battery Hill, went from 7,539 people in 2001 to 8,303 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Battery Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Battery Hill scores 971 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Battery Hill?
Median household income in Battery Hill was $1,382 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,830 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dicky Beach | 0.7 km | 8% | 10% |
| Aroona | 1.4 km | 3% | 19% |
| Currimundi | 1.4 km | 38% | 9% |
| Moffat Beach | 1.7 km | 6% | 7% |
| Caloundra | 2.1 km | 13% | 11% |
| Shelly Beach | 2.5 km | 9% | 2% |
| Wurtulla | 2.6 km | 49% | 19% |
| Kings Beach | 2.9 km | 1% | <1% |
| Little Mountain | 3.6 km | 10% | 23% |
| Birtinya | 4.1 km | 86% | 40% |