Cooee Bay flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cooee Bay
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 8.36 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
8.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cooee Bay's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cooee Bay at a glance
Schools in and near Cooee Bay
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: 0.78 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.03 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 Cooee Bay is zoned
Selling in Cooee Bay? 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 8.36 km², Cooee Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 1% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low medium density residential. The median lot measures about 417 m² across 642 parcels.
Who lives in Cooee Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cooee Bay 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 939, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cooee Bay's 942 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yeppoon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cooee Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cooee Bay itself.
12,256 in 2001 to 22,522 in 2025, up 84%.
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.
Cooee Bay 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 Cooee Bay 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 Cooee Bay. 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 Cooee Bay lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cooee Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Cooee Bay flood-prone?
About 21% of Cooee Bay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 42%.
Is Cooee Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 1% of Cooee Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
What is the zoning in Cooee Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Cooee Bay is Low medium density residential, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Medium density residential.
Does Cooee Bay have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cooee Bay.
What is the typical lot size in Cooee Bay?
Across 642 surveyed parcels in Cooee Bay, the median lot size is about 417 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cooee Bay have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cooee Bay itself. The suburb is served by 7 bus stops.
What is the population of Cooee Bay?
At the 2021 Census Cooee Bay had 942 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Yeppoon statistical area, which contains Cooee Bay, went from 12,256 people in 2001 to 22,522 in 2025, up 84%.
Is Cooee Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cooee Bay scores 939 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cooee Bay?
Median household income in Cooee Bay was $1,210 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeppoon | 2.5 km | 24% | 16% |
| Lammermoor | 2.9 km | 33% | 31% |
| Taranganba | 3.4 km | 39% | 50% |
| Rosslyn | 3.7 km | 46% | 12% |
| Taroomball | 5.0 km | 16% | 93% |
| Meikleville Hill | 5.1 km | 5% | 62% |
| Mulambin | 5.8 km | 42% | 15% |
| Barlows Hill | 5.9 km | 3% | 67% |
| Causeway Lake | 6.3 km | 63% | 24% |
| Pacific Heights | 7.2 km | 1% | 65% |