Cedar Pocket flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cedar Pocket
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 30.58 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
30.58 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cedar Pocket's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cedar Pocket at a glance
Schools in and near Cedar Pocket
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: 1.22 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.25 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 Cedar Pocket is zoned
Selling in Cedar Pocket? 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 30.58 km², Cedar Pocket is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 82% 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 58,173 m² across 187 parcels.
Who lives in Cedar Pocket
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cedar Pocket 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 954, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cedar Pocket's 332 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cedar Pocket. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cedar Pocket 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.
Cedar Pocket 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 |
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 Cedar Pocket 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 Cedar Pocket. 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 an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Cedar Pocket lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cedar Pocket planning - frequently asked
Is Cedar Pocket flood-prone?
About 26% of Cedar Pocket falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Cedar Pocket bushfire-prone?
Around 82% of Cedar Pocket is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Cedar Pocket?
The dominant planning zone in Cedar Pocket is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Limited Development (Constrained Land).
Does Cedar Pocket have heritage-listed places?
Cedar Pocket has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cedar Pocket?
Across 187 surveyed parcels in Cedar Pocket, the median lot size is about 58,173 m². There are also 35 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cedar Pocket?
At the 2021 Census Cedar Pocket had 332 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains Cedar Pocket, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Cedar Pocket an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cedar Pocket scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cedar Pocket?
Median household income in Cedar Pocket was $1,468 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $338 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,365 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beenaam Valley | 2.6 km | 21% | 95% |
| Neusa Vale | 4.6 km | 38% | 77% |
| Mothar Mountain | 5.5 km | 34% | 80% |
| Greens Creek | 7.4 km | 31% | 75% |
| Kin Kin Noosa Shire |
8.5 km | 11% | 81% |
| Wolvi | 8.5 km | 26% | 86% |
| Woondum | 8.6 km | 54% | 88% |
| Tandur | 8.9 km | 43% | 82% |
| East Deep Creek | 9.0 km | 46% | 80% |
| Canina | 9.4 km | 26% | 89% |