Coral Cove flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Coral Cove
(Bundaberg Regional, QLD) - 2.27 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
2.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coral Cove's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Coral Cove at a glance
Schools in and near Coral 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: 1.97 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.27 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 Coral Cove is zoned
Selling in Coral 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 2.27 km², Coral Cove is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 36% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 14% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The median lot measures about 866 m² across 810 parcels.
Who lives in Coral Cove
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coral 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 1009, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Coral Cove's 1,462 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bargara - Burnett Heads, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coral Cove. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coral Cove itself.
11,287 in 2001 to 21,697 in 2025, up 92%.
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.
Coral 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 Coral 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 Coral 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 Coral Cove lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Coral Cove planning - frequently asked
Is Coral Cove flood-prone?
About 36% of Coral Cove falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Coral Cove bushfire-prone?
Around 14% of Coral Cove is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bundaberg Regional average of 56%.
What is the zoning in Coral Cove?
The dominant planning zone in Coral Cove is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Sport and recreation and Emerging community.
Does Coral Cove have heritage-listed places?
Coral Cove has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Coral Cove?
Across 810 surveyed parcels in Coral Cove, the median lot size is about 866 m². There are also 123 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Coral Cove have a train station?
There is no train station inside Coral Cove itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
What is the population of Coral Cove?
At the 2021 Census Coral Cove had 1,462 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Bargara - Burnett Heads statistical area, which contains Coral Cove, went from 11,287 people in 2001 to 21,697 in 2025, up 92%.
Is Coral Cove an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coral Cove scores 1009 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Coral Cove?
Median household income in Coral Cove was $1,620 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Bundaberg Regional. Median rent was $373 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,655 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innes Park | 2.2 km | 30% | 17% |
| Elliott Heads | 3.2 km | 57% | 23% |
| Windermere | 5.6 km | 19% | 4% |
| Woongarra | 6.7 km | 18% | 4% |
| Bargara | 6.7 km | 82% | 10% |
| Calavos | 7.7 km | 32% | 35% |
| Qunaba | 8.4 km | 21% | <1% |
| Ashfield | 8.5 km | 77% | 33% |
| Mon Repos | 9.6 km | 96% | 47% |
| Coonarr | 9.7 km | 56% | 82% |