Cooloola flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cooloola
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 474.9 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
474.9 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cooloola's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cooloola at a glance
Schools in and near Cooloola
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: 1.33 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.31 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 Cooloola is zoned
Selling in Cooloola? 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 474.9 km², Cooloola is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management And Conservation. The median lot measures about 514,112 m² across 14 parcels.
Cooloola 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 | Not 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 Cooloola 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 Cooloola. 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 Cooloola lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cooloola planning - frequently asked
Is Cooloola flood-prone?
About 4% of Cooloola falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Cooloola bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of Cooloola is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Cooloola?
The dominant planning zone in Cooloola is Environmental Management And Conservation, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Rural.
Does Cooloola have heritage-listed places?
Cooloola has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cooloola?
Across 14 surveyed parcels in Cooloola, the median lot size is about 514,112 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooloola Cove | 4.0 km | 20% | 75% |
| Wallu | 13.5 km | 27% | 100% |
| Tin Can Bay | 13.5 km | 17% | 87% |
| Rainbow Beach | 14.2 km | 16% | 90% |
| Toolara Forest | 18.2 km | 40% | 100% |
| Inskip | 20.0 km | 60% | 43% |
| Como Noosa Shire |
20.5 km | 36% | 90% |
| Tin Can Bay Fraser Coast Regional |
21.2 km | 27% | 87% |
| Wolvi | 21.8 km | 26% | 86% |
| Coondoo | 22.3 km | 33% | 80% |