Cooran flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cooran
(Noosa Shire, QLD) - 37.92 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
37.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cooran's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cooran at a glance
Schools in and near Cooran
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
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: 2.34 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 Cooran is zoned
Selling in Cooran? 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 37.92 km², Cooran is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 32% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 71% 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 5,380 m² across 841 parcels.
Who lives in Cooran
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cooran 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 961, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cooran's 1,756 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Noosa Hinterland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cooran. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cooran itself.
16,124 in 2001 to 26,251 in 2025, up 63%.
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.
Cooran 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 Cooran 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 Cooran. 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 Cooran lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cooran planning - frequently asked
Is Cooran flood-prone?
About 32% of Cooran falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 28%.
Is Cooran bushfire-prone?
Around 71% of Cooran is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Noosa Shire average of 76%.
What is the zoning in Cooran?
The dominant planning zone in Cooran is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Environmental Management and Conservation.
Does Cooran have heritage-listed places?
Cooran has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cooran?
Across 841 surveyed parcels in Cooran, the median lot size is about 5,380 m². There are also 148 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cooran have a train station?
Yes - Cooran has 1 train station: Cooran station. It is also served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Cooran?
At the 2021 Census Cooran had 1,756 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Noosa Hinterland statistical area, which contains Cooran, went from 16,124 people in 2001 to 26,251 in 2025, up 63%.
Is Cooran an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cooran scores 961 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 Cooran?
Median household income in Cooran was $1,294 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,602 for the typical suburb in Noosa Shire. Median rent was $385 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinbarren | 5.2 km | 33% | 54% |
| Pomona | 5.9 km | 41% | 86% |
| Traveston Gympie Regional |
6.0 km | 37% | 74% |
| Federal | 7.0 km | 24% | 66% |
| Coles Creek Gympie Regional |
8.1 km | 68% | 55% |
| Tandur Gympie Regional |
8.2 km | 43% | 82% |
| Mothar Mountain Gympie Regional |
8.9 km | 34% | 80% |
| Tuchekoi Gympie Regional |
9.8 km | 47% | 53% |
| Black Mountain | 9.9 km | 25% | 76% |
| Kin Kin | 10.2 km | 11% | 81% |