Dicky Beach flood map & planning overlays
Dicky Beach's 1,921 residents have a median age of 53 and only 8.2% flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Dicky Beach
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 1.0 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
1.0 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dicky Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Dicky Beach properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,029 analysed Dicky Beach properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,029 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Dicky Beach.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Dicky Beach
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 2 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Dicky Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Dicky Beach
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 0.02 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.70 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Dicky Beach address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Dicky Beach is zoned
Selling in Dicky Beach? 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 1.0 km², Dicky Beach is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 603 m² across 1,012 parcels.
Recent development applications in Dicky Beach
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Dicky Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dicky Beach 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 988, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Dicky Beach's 1,921 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moffat Beach - Battery Hill, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dicky Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dicky Beach itself.
7,539 in 2001 to 8,303 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
Dicky Beach 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Dicky Beach 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Dicky Beach. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Dicky Beach. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Dicky Beach lot.
Dicky Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Dicky Beach flood-prone?
About 8% of Dicky Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 8% of the 1,029 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 65 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Dicky Beach; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Dicky Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Dicky Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Dicky Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Dicky Beach, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 6 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Dicky Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Dicky Beach is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Low-Medium Density Residential.
Does Dicky Beach have heritage-listed places?
Dicky Beach has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Dicky Beach hilly or flat?
Dicky Beach is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 21 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Dicky Beach?
Across 1,012 surveyed parcels in Dicky Beach, the median lot size is about 603 m². There are also 65 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Dicky Beach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Dicky Beach itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Dicky Beach?
At the 2021 Census Dicky Beach had 1,921 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Moffat Beach - Battery Hill statistical area, which contains Dicky Beach, went from 7,539 people in 2001 to 8,303 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Dicky Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dicky Beach scores 988 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Dicky Beach?
Median household income in Dicky Beach was $1,322 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,863 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Hill | 0.7 km | 12% | 3% |
| Moffat Beach | 1.1 km | 6% | 7% |
| Caloundra | 1.7 km | 13% | 11% |
| Shelly Beach | 1.7 km | 9% | 2% |
| Aroona | 1.9 km | 3% | 19% |
| Currimundi | 2.1 km | 38% | 9% |
| Kings Beach | 2.2 km | 1% | <1% |
| Wurtulla | 3.2 km | 49% | 19% |
| Little Mountain | 4.0 km | 10% | 23% |
| Caloundra West | 4.2 km | 46% | 48% |