Bonogin flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bonogin
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 38.73 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
38.73 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bonogin's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bonogin properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,814 Bonogin properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,814 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bonogin.
Bonogin at a glance
Schools in and near Bonogin
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: 0.66 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.32 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 Bonogin is zoned
Selling in Bonogin? 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 38.73 km², Bonogin is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 5,000 m² across 1,741 parcels.
Recent development applications in Bonogin
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public City of Gold Coast register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 4 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 51 (33% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 7
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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Bonogin
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bonogin 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 1090, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bonogin's 4,896 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mudgeeraba - Bonogin, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bonogin. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bonogin itself.
14,581 in 2001 to 20,770 in 2025, up 42%.
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.
Bonogin 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 | City of Gold Coast |
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 Bonogin 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.
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 Bonogin lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Bonogin planning - frequently asked
Is Bonogin flood-prone?
About 2% of Bonogin falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 38%. Across the suburb, 14% of the 1,814 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 234 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Bonogin bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Bonogin is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Bonogin?
The dominant planning zone in Bonogin is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Rural residential.
Does Bonogin have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bonogin.
Is Bonogin hilly or flat?
Bonogin is steep: the median ground slope is about 18%, and 65% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 25 m to 247 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bonogin?
Across 1,741 surveyed parcels in Bonogin, the median lot size is about 5,000 m². There are also 375 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Bonogin?
At the 2021 Census Bonogin had 4,896 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Mudgeeraba - Bonogin statistical area, which contains Bonogin, went from 14,581 people in 2001 to 20,770 in 2025, up 42%.
Is Bonogin an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bonogin scores 1090 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bonogin?
Median household income in Bonogin was $2,680 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $630 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,392 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallebudgera Valley | 4.3 km | 5% | 98% |
| Austinville | 4.4 km | 2% | 100% |
| Neranwood | 5.1 km | 10% | 100% |
| Reedy Creek | 5.4 km | 3% | 90% |
| Tallebudgera | 6.4 km | 29% | 90% |
| Mudgeeraba | 6.9 km | 18% | 82% |
| Currumbin Valley | 7.8 km | 8% | 99% |
| Varsity Lakes | 8.4 km | 56% | 12% |
| Elanora | 8.6 km | 42% | 49% |
| Robina | 9.0 km | 42% | 6% |