Elgin Vale flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Elgin Vale
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 117.67 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
117.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Elgin Vale'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Elgin Vale
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 1 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.
Elgin Vale at a glance
Schools in and near Elgin Vale
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: 14.19 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 21.53 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 Elgin Vale address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Elgin Vale is zoned
Selling in Elgin Vale? 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 117.67 km², Elgin Vale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 38% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 52% 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 1,177,948 m² across 46 parcels.
Who lives in Elgin Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Elgin Vale 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 1004, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilkivan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Elgin Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Elgin Vale itself.
3,024 in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Elgin Vale 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 |
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 Elgin Vale 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 →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 Elgin Vale. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Elgin Vale lot.
Elgin Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Elgin Vale flood-prone?
About 38% of Elgin Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Elgin Vale; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Elgin Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 52% of Elgin Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Elgin Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 35% of Elgin Vale in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 ft. 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 Elgin Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Elgin Vale is Rural.
Does Elgin Vale have heritage-listed places?
Elgin Vale has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Elgin Vale?
Across 46 surveyed parcels in Elgin Vale, the median lot size is about 1,177,948 m².
Is Elgin Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Elgin Vale scores 1004 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manumbar | 9.6 km | 44% | 60% |
| Johnstown | 10.6 km | 56% | 9% |
| Mount Stanley Somerset Regional |
16.0 km | 1% | 72% |
| Barambah | 16.7 km | 48% | 48% |
| Wrattens Forest | 18.8 km | 35% | 86% |
| Kingaham Somerset Regional |
19.7 km | 26% | 88% |
| Upper Kandanga | 26.0 km | 31% | 87% |
| Kinbombi | 26.3 km | 39% | 69% |
| Avoca Vale Somerset Regional |
28.1 km | Not mapped | 90% |
| Widgee | 28.6 km | 39% | 75% |