Beerwah zoning & planning overlays
Beerwah has 5 schools, joint 3rd on the Sunshine Coast, for 7,734 residents.
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A planning-constraint profile of Beerwah
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 58.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
58.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Beerwah's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Beerwah properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,457 analysed Beerwah properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,457 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Beerwah.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Beerwah
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
How this is measured
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.
Beerwah at a glance
Schools in and near Beerwah
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
2 schools providing primary years and 4 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Beerwah is zoned
Selling in Beerwah? 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 58.03 km², Beerwah is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 947 m² across 3,472 parcels.
Recent development applications in Beerwah
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 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 39 (13% lower in the latest period).
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Beerwah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Beerwah 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 944, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Beerwah's 7,734 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beerwah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Beerwah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Beerwah itself.
4,796 in 2001 to 9,938 in 2025, up 107%.
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.
Beerwah data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 7 November 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 Beerwah 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 98% of Beerwah. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Beerwah. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Beerwah lot.
Beerwah planning - frequently asked
Is Beerwah flood-prone?
We hold flood mapping covering Beerwah, but the share of the suburb it covers could not be calculated for this page - the flood overlays here are too intricate or too overlapping for our area calculation to resolve. That is a limit of our calculation, not a finding about the suburb, and it is neither an all-clear nor a sign of severe flooding. Sunshine Coast Regional publishes the flood mapping for this area, and our free interactive map still checks any individual Beerwah address against it. Across the suburb, 22% of the 3,457 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 445 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Beerwah; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Beerwah bushfire-prone?
Around 56% of Beerwah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Beerwah under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 98% of Beerwah, and over about 99% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Beerwah?
The dominant planning zone in Beerwah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Rural Residential.
Does Beerwah have heritage-listed places?
Beerwah has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Beerwah hilly or flat?
Beerwah is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 21 m to 53 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Beerwah?
Across 3,472 surveyed parcels in Beerwah, the median lot size is about 947 m². There are also 799 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Beerwah have a train station?
Yes - Beerwah has 1 train station: Beerwah station. It is also served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Beerwah?
At the 2021 Census Beerwah had 7,734 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Beerwah statistical area, which contains Beerwah, went from 4,796 people in 2001 to 9,938 in 2025, up 107%.
Is Beerwah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Beerwah scores 944 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Beerwah?
Median household income in Beerwah was $1,512 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mellum | 5.8 km | <1% | 59% |
| Landsborough | 5.9 km | 21% | 70% |
| Glass House Mountains | 6.1 km | Not measured | 55% |
| Banya | 8.5 km | 27% | 3% |
| Gagalba | 9.2 km | 24% | 3% |
| Peachester | 9.4 km | 21% | 38% |
| Bald Knob | 9.8 km | 1% | 31% |
| Nirimba | 10.0 km | 33% | 9% |
| Coochin Creek | 10.1 km | Not measured | 63% |
| Mooloolah Valley | 10.6 km | 18% | 48% |