Gold Coast flood map and planning overlays by suburb
Flood, bushfire and heritage mapping compared across 81 suburbs in Gold Coast City. 79 of them have some mapped flood. Check an address to see what touches a single lot.
Free map of every overlay on the lot, then a PDF report from $9. The suburb shading below compares suburbs; it does not tell you about one property.
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Hover or tap a suburb on the map to see its figures. Tap again to open it.
Shading is the share of each suburb's area inside mapped overlays. It compares suburbs; whether one property is affected depends on where it sits, so check the exact address.
How Gold Coast City suburbs compare
Suburb-wide shares and counts. They do not decide the result for any one property.
Most mapped flood
- Steiglitz98%
- Norwell97%
- Broadbeach Waters94%
- Clear Island Waters88%
- Paradise Point86%
- Alberton86%
- Jacobs Well82%
- Mermaid Waters80%
Most bushfire-prone land
- Austinville99%
- Clagiraba98%
- Bonogin98%
- Cedar Creek97%
- Tallebudgera Valley96%
- Lower Beechmont96%
- Wongawallan95%
- Currumbin Valley95%
Most heritage places
Steepest median slope
- Wongawallan25%
- Clagiraba24%
- Austinville23%
- Lower Beechmont22%
- Cedar Creek21%
- Tallebudgera Valley21%
- Currumbin19%
- Currumbin Valley19%
Flood and bushfire rankings count only suburbs where LayeredGeo holds and could measure the mapping. Places with almost no residents are left out (Gilberton, Natural Bridge, Neranwood, Southern Moreton Bay Islands).
Gold Coast City Council's own flood and planning maps
The council's maps are the official source for a single property. This page compares suburbs and puts every overlay for an address in one place.
Flood maps
Flood risk awareness, flood insurance and 1% annual chance flood depth maps; a paid flood level search gives the designated flood level for a property.
City Plan interactive mapping
The zone and City Plan overlays for a lot.
LayeredGeo is not part of the council or the state government.
All 81 Gold Coast City suburbs
Select a suburb for its full profile. "Not mapped" means we hold no mapping for it there; "not measured" means we hold it but could not measure the share. Neither means no risk.
| Advancetown | 3% | 90% | 3 |
| Alberton | 86% | 39% | - |
| Arundel | 27% | 56% | 1 |
| Ashmore | 11% | 12% | - |
| Austinville | 2% | 99% | - |
| Benowa | 46% | 6% | 2 |
| Biggera Waters | 59% | <1% | - |
| Bilinga | 44% | 25% | - |
| Bonogin | 2% | 98% | - |
| Broadbeach | 32% | 0% | 2 |
| Broadbeach Waters | 94% | 10% | - |
| Bundall | 56% | 4% | - |
| Burleigh Heads | 17% | 47% | 14 |
| Burleigh Waters | 64% | 11% | - |
| Carrara | 68% | 33% | - |
| Cedar Creek | 7% | 97% | - |
| Clagiraba | 8% | 98% | - |
| Clear Island Waters | 88% | 8% | - |
| Coolangatta | 35% | 5% | 17 |
| Coombabah | 73% | 61% | - |
| Coomera | 41% | 72% | - |
| Currumbin | 33% | 67% | 2 |
| Currumbin Valley | 8% | 95% | 2 |
| Currumbin Waters | 49% | 55% | - |
| Elanora | 41% | 49% | - |
| Gaven | 3% | 90% | - |
| Gilberton | 98% | 16% | - |
| Gilston | 19% | 94% | 2 |
| Guanaba | 10% | 94% | - |
| Helensvale | 55% | 31% | - |
| Highland Park | 2% | 52% | - |
| Hollywell | 66% | 27% | - |
| Hope Island | 68% | 21% | - |
| Jacobs Well | 82% | 24% | - |
| Kingsholme | 5% | 94% | - |
| Labrador | 49% | 9% | - |
| Lower Beechmont | <1% | 96% | - |
| Luscombe | 8% | 88% | - |
| Main Beach | 70% | 0% | 5 |
| Maudsland | 18% | 75% | - |
| Mermaid Beach | 16% | 0% | - |
| Mermaid Waters | 80% | 5% | - |
| Merrimac | 75% | 26% | 1 |
| Miami | 23% | 21% | 1 |
| Molendinar | 5% | 40% | 2 |
| Mount Nathan | 11% | 93% | - |
| Mudgeeraba | 18% | 82% | 8 |
| Natural Bridge | 2% | 86% | 4 |
| Nerang | 13% | 82% | 4 |
| Neranwood | 10% | 100% | 2 |
| Norwell | 97% | 11% | - |
| Numinbah Valley | 7% | 85% | 5 |
| Ormeau | 19% | 40% | - |
| Ormeau Hills | 6% | 87% | - |
| Oxenford | 30% | 42% | - |
| Pacific Pines | 3% | 52% | - |
| Palm Beach | 78% | 13% | - |
| Paradise Point | 86% | 2% | - |
| Parkwood | 18% | 46% | - |
| Pimpama | 52% | 74% | 2 |
| Reedy Creek | 3% | 81% | - |
| Robina | 41% | 6% | 1 |
| Runaway Bay | 68% | 13% | - |
| Southern Moreton Bay Islands | Not measured | 16% | 1 |
| Southport | 27% | 25% | 10 |
| South Stradbroke | 59% | 50% | 7 |
| Springbrook | 2% | 86% | 6 |
| Stapylton | 33% | 55% | - |
| Steiglitz | 98% | 13% | - |
| Surfers Paradise | 57% | 1% | 8 |
| Tallai | 2% | 94% | - |
| Tallebudgera | 29% | 89% | 2 |
| Tallebudgera Valley | 5% | 96% | 1 |
| Tugun | 27% | 39% | 4 |
| Upper Coomera | 14% | 62% | 1 |
| Varsity Lakes | 43% | 12% | - |
| Willow Vale | 6% | 94% | 2 |
| Wongawallan | 5% | 95% | 2 |
| Woongoolba | Not measured | 16% | - |
| Worongary | 8% | 88% | 2 |
| Yatala | 28% | 53% | - |
Gold Coast flood map questions
How do I check if a property in Gold Coast is in a flood zone?
Search the exact address in the free overlay map, which shows the mapped flood overlays on that property. The suburb shading on this page is a suburb-wide share and does not tell you about a single lot. Gold Coast City Council's own flood mapping and flood searches remain the official sources for planning decisions on a property.
Which Gold Coast suburbs have the most mapped flood?
By share of suburb area inside mapped flood overlays: Steiglitz (98%), Norwell (97%), Broadbeach Waters (94%), Clear Island Waters (88%), Paradise Point (86%). These are suburb-wide shares, so streets within the same suburb can differ.
How much of Gold Coast is flood mapped?
79 of 81 Gold Coast suburbs have some area inside mapped flood overlays, 2 have no flood mapping held by LayeredGeo.
What does the Gold Coast flood map show?
The share of each suburb's area that falls inside the flood mapping LayeredGeo holds for Gold Coast City, shaded in five bands from none to 60% or more. It is a planning-mapping measure, not a prediction of how often a property floods.
Check your exact address
The free interactive map shows every overlay on a single Gold Coast City property. PDF reports from $9.
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