Brooloo flood map & planning overlays
Small acreage, 2 ha a block, with 64.1% of Brooloo bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Brooloo
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 27.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
27.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brooloo's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Brooloo
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 8,000 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.
Brooloo at a glance
Schools in and near Brooloo
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 2.33 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.33 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 Brooloo is zoned
Selling in Brooloo? 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 27.84 km², Brooloo is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 31% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 64% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 20,389 m² across 261 parcels.
Who lives in Brooloo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brooloo 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 915, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brooloo's 369 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brooloo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brooloo itself.
14,915 in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
Brooloo 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 |
| 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 |
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 Brooloo 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 14% of Brooloo. 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 Brooloo. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Brooloo lot.
Brooloo planning - frequently asked
Is Brooloo flood-prone?
About 31% of Brooloo falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Brooloo; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Brooloo bushfire-prone?
Around 64% of Brooloo is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Brooloo under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 14% of Brooloo, and over about 66% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Brooloo?
The dominant planning zone in Brooloo is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Open Space.
Does Brooloo have heritage-listed places?
Brooloo has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brooloo?
Across 261 surveyed parcels in Brooloo, the median lot size is about 20,389 m². There are also 27 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Brooloo?
At the 2021 Census Brooloo had 369 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains Brooloo, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Brooloo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brooloo scores 915 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Brooloo?
Median household income in Brooloo was $1,141 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $325 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,050 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moy Pocket | 3.7 km | 46% | 66% |
| Imbil | 5.8 km | 27% | 70% |
| Bollier | 6.8 km | 46% | 58% |
| Carters Ridge | 9.7 km | 46% | 71% |
| Melawondi | 11.6 km | 31% | 91% |
| Belli Park Sunshine Coast Regional |
11.6 km | 36% | 49% |
| Coolabine Sunshine Coast Regional |
12.2 km | 32% | 38% |
| Tuchekoi | 13.1 km | 47% | 53% |
| Kandanga | 13.6 km | 52% | 47% |
| Gheerulla Sunshine Coast Regional |
13.6 km | 24% | 74% |