Bundall flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bundall (Gold Coast City, QLD) - 3.94 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 Bundall's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Bundall properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,712 Bundall properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Bundall at a glance

Parcels 2,698 Median lot 773 m² Mapped easements 287 Bus stops 9 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay <1%

Schools in and near Bundall

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: 0.48 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 Bundall is zoned

Low density residential 45%
Sport and recreation 25%
Mixed use 15%
Special purpose 5%
Unzoned 3%
Innovation 3%

Selling in Bundall? 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 3.94 km², Bundall is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 92% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 4% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 773 m² across 2,698 parcels.

Recent development applications in Bundall

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

58

Latest included submission: 18 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 51 (14% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 11

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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Bundall

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

Population
4,895
usual residents, 2021
Median age
41
years
Median household income
$1,957
per week, Gold Coast City suburb typical $1,830
Median rent
$480
per week, Gold Coast City suburb typical $450
Median mortgage
$2,600
per month
Household size
2.6
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 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1068, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bundall's 4,895 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.2%
5-14 13.5%
15-19 6.6%
20-24 5.5%
25-34 11.8%
35-44 13.4%
45-54 15.7%
55-64 12.6%
65-74 10.1%
75-84 5.1%
85+ 1.5%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

4,188 in 2001 to 5,048 in 2025, up 21%.

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.

Bundall 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 totalsCity of Gold Coast

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 Bundall 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 Bundall. 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 Bundall lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Bundall planning - frequently asked

Is Bundall flood-prone?

About 92% of Bundall falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 38%. Across the suburb, 95% of the 2,712 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1911 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Bundall bushfire-prone?

Around 4% of Bundall is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.

What is the zoning in Bundall?

The dominant planning zone in Bundall is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Sport and recreation and Mixed use.

Does Bundall have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Bundall.

Is Bundall hilly or flat?

Bundall is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 1 m to 9 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Bundall?

Across 2,698 surveyed parcels in Bundall, the median lot size is about 773 m². There are also 287 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bundall have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bundall itself. The suburb is served by 9 bus stops.

What is the population of Bundall?

At the 2021 Census Bundall had 4,895 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bundall statistical area, which contains Bundall, went from 4,188 people in 2001 to 5,048 in 2025, up 21%.

Is Bundall an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bundall scores 1068 and sits in decile 9 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 Bundall?

Median household income in Bundall was $1,957 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $480 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Benowa 1.8 km 57% 6%
Broadbeach Waters 1.9 km 100% 10%
Surfers Paradise 2.3 km 80% 1%
Broadbeach 3.0 km 32% 0%
Clear Island Waters 3.5 km 96% 8%
Carrara 3.7 km 70% 33%
Southport 4.2 km 28% 25%
Ashmore 4.3 km 11% 12%
Mermaid Waters 4.7 km 97% 5%
Mermaid Beach 5.0 km 17% 0%

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