Belli Park flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Belli Park (Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 81.18 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Belli Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Belli Park properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 369 Belli Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Belli Park at a glance

Parcels 368 Median lot 119,954 m² Mapped easements 52 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 33%

Schools in and near Belli Park

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 4.94 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 4.94 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 Belli Park is zoned

Rural 81%
Environmental Management and Conservation 19%
No 0%
Community Facilities 0%
Open Space 0%

Selling in Belli Park? 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 81.18 km², Belli Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 36% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 49% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 119,954 m² across 368 parcels.

Recent development applications in Belli Park

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

<5

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 Belli Park

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Belli Park suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
724
usual residents, 2021
Median age
48
years
Median household income
$1,681
per week, Sunshine Coast Regional suburb typical $1,677
Median rent
$430
per week, Sunshine Coast Regional suburb typical $409
Median mortgage
$1,939
per month
Household size
2.8
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1000, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Belli Park's 724 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.0%
5-14 15.8%
15-19 5.8%
20-24 2.7%
25-34 4.8%
35-44 13.6%
45-54 16.5%
55-64 17.6%
65-74 12.6%
75-84 5.4%
85+ 1.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Maroochy Hinterland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Belli Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Belli Park itself.

5,489 in 2001 to 7,415 in 2025, up 35%.

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.

Belli Park data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsSunshine 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 Belli Park 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 Belli Park. 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 Belli Park lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Belli Park planning - frequently asked

Is Belli Park flood-prone?

About 36% of Belli Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 46% of the 369 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 143 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Belli Park bushfire-prone?

Around 49% of Belli Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.

What is the zoning in Belli Park?

The dominant planning zone in Belli Park is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and No.

Does Belli Park have heritage-listed places?

Belli Park has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Belli Park hilly or flat?

Belli Park is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 35% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 77 m to 306 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Belli Park?

Across 368 surveyed parcels in Belli Park, the median lot size is about 119,954 m². There are also 52 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Belli Park?

At the 2021 Census Belli Park had 724 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Maroochy Hinterland statistical area, which contains Belli Park, went from 5,489 people in 2001 to 7,415 in 2025, up 35%.

Is Belli Park an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Belli Park scores 1000 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Belli Park?

Median household income in Belli Park was $1,681 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $430 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,939 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Ridgewood
Noosa Shire
4.8 km 27% 82%
Eerwah Vale
Noosa Shire
7.5 km 0% 97%
Carters Ridge
Gympie Regional
7.6 km 46% 71%
Gheerulla 8.0 km 24% 74%
Moy Pocket
Gympie Regional
8.1 km 46% 66%
Cooloolabin 8.3 km 2% 83%
Eerwah Vale 9.4 km 8% 48%
Black Mountain
Noosa Shire
9.6 km 25% 76%
Bollier
Gympie Regional
10.3 km 46% 58%
Kiamba 11.6 km 12% 62%

See all Sunshine Coast Regional suburb profiles →