Cooloola Cove flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cooloola Cove
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 14.78 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
14.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cooloola Cove's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cooloola Cove at a glance
Schools in and near Cooloola Cove
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: 3.76 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.76 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 Cove is zoned
Selling in Cooloola Cove? 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 14.78 km², Cooloola Cove is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 20% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Community Purposes. The median lot measures about 1,337 m² across 1,763 parcels.
Who lives in Cooloola Cove
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cooloola Cove 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 834, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cooloola Cove's 2,921 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cooloola, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cooloola Cove. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cooloola Cove itself.
3,778 in 2001 to 7,148 in 2025, up 89%.
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.
Cooloola Cove 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 Cooloola Cove 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 Cove. 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 Cove lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cooloola Cove planning - frequently asked
Is Cooloola Cove flood-prone?
About 20% of Cooloola Cove falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Cooloola Cove bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Cooloola Cove is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Cooloola Cove?
The dominant planning zone in Cooloola Cove is Community Purposes, though the suburb also includes Residential Living and Rural.
Does Cooloola Cove have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cooloola Cove.
What is the typical lot size in Cooloola Cove?
Across 1,763 surveyed parcels in Cooloola Cove, the median lot size is about 1,337 m². There are also 212 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cooloola Cove have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cooloola Cove itself. The suburb is served by 9 bus stops.
What is the population of Cooloola Cove?
At the 2021 Census Cooloola Cove had 2,921 usual residents, with a median age of 62 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Cooloola statistical area, which contains Cooloola Cove, went from 3,778 people in 2001 to 7,148 in 2025, up 89%.
Is Cooloola Cove an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cooloola Cove scores 834 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cooloola Cove?
Median household income in Cooloola Cove was $808 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,172 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooloola | 4.0 km | 4% | 93% |
| Tin Can Bay | 9.7 km | 17% | 87% |
| Wallu | 10.8 km | 27% | 100% |
| Rainbow Beach | 11.4 km | 16% | 90% |
| Inskip | 16.6 km | 60% | 43% |
| Tin Can Bay Fraser Coast Regional |
17.2 km | 27% | 87% |
| Toolara Forest | 17.7 km | 40% | 100% |
| Tinnanbar Fraser Coast Regional |
23.0 km | 40% | 76% |
| Kia Ora | 23.6 km | 47% | 65% |
| Wolvi | 23.8 km | 26% | 86% |