Clear Island Waters flood map & planning overlays
88.2% flood-mapped, 5th-highest in Gold Coast City, with a median age of 50.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Clear Island Waters
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 4.35 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
4.35 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Clear Island Waters'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Clear Island Waters properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,936 analysed Clear Island Waters properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,936 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Clear Island Waters.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Clear Island Waters
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 1 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Clear Island Waters at a glance
Schools in and near Clear Island Waters
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.84 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Clear Island Waters address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Clear Island Waters is zoned
Selling in Clear Island Waters? 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 4.35 km², Clear Island Waters is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 88% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 8% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Unzoned. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 800 m² across 1,915 parcels.
Recent development applications in Clear Island Waters
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: 6 July 2026.
Previous 12 months: 5 (80% higher in the latest period).
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Clear Island Waters
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Clear Island Waters 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 1067, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Clear Island Waters's 4,395 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clear Island Waters, the wider ABS statistical area containing Clear Island Waters. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Clear Island Waters itself.
3,781 in 2001 to 4,570 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.
Clear Island Waters 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | City of Gold Coast |
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 Clear Island Waters 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 100% of Clear Island Waters. 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 Clear Island Waters. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Clear Island Waters lot.
Clear Island Waters planning - frequently asked
Is Clear Island Waters flood-prone?
About 88% of Clear Island Waters falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 1,936 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1282 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Clear Island Waters; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Clear Island Waters bushfire-prone?
Around 8% of Clear Island Waters is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Clear Island Waters under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Clear Island Waters, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Clear Island Waters?
The dominant planning zone in Clear Island Waters is Unzoned, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Sport and recreation.
Does Clear Island Waters have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Clear Island Waters.
Is Clear Island Waters hilly or flat?
Clear Island Waters is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 5 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Clear Island Waters?
Across 1,915 surveyed parcels in Clear Island Waters, the median lot size is about 800 m². There are also 133 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Clear Island Waters have a train station?
There is no train station inside Clear Island Waters itself. The suburb is served by 3 bus stops.
What is the population of Clear Island Waters?
At the 2021 Census Clear Island Waters had 4,395 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Clear Island Waters statistical area, which contains Clear Island Waters, went from 3,781 people in 2001 to 4,570 in 2025, up 21%.
Is Clear Island Waters an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Clear Island Waters scores 1067 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 Clear Island Waters?
Median household income in Clear Island Waters was $1,617 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $540 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimac | 2.5 km | 75% | 26% |
| Mermaid Waters | 2.6 km | 80% | 5% |
| Broadbeach Waters | 2.6 km | 94% | 10% |
| Robina | 3.1 km | 41% | 6% |
| Bundall | 3.5 km | 56% | 4% |
| Broadbeach | 3.7 km | 32% | 0% |
| Carrara | 3.7 km | 68% | 33% |
| Benowa | 3.8 km | 46% | 6% |
| Mermaid Beach | 3.9 km | 16% | 0% |
| Miami | 4.6 km | 23% | 21% |