Flying Fox flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Flying Fox
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 8.65 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
8.65 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Flying Fox's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Flying Fox properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 27 Flying Fox properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 27 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Flying Fox.
Flying Fox at a glance
Schools in and near Flying Fox
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: 0.62 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.94 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 Flying Fox is zoned
Selling in Flying Fox? 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 8.65 km², Flying Fox is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 367,630 m² across 27 parcels.
Who lives in Flying Fox
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Flying Fox 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 1020, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Flying Fox's 61 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tamborine - Canungra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Flying Fox. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Flying Fox itself.
10,498 in 2001 to 16,855 in 2025, up 61%.
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.
Flying Fox 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 Flying Fox 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 Flying Fox. 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 (+$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 Flying Fox lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Flying Fox planning - frequently asked
Is Flying Fox flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Flying Fox and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 12%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 27 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Flying Fox bushfire-prone?
Around 56% of Flying Fox is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Flying Fox?
The dominant planning zone in Flying Fox is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential.
Does Flying Fox have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Flying Fox.
Is Flying Fox hilly or flat?
Flying Fox is steep: the median ground slope is about 31%, and 96% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 175 m to 369 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Flying Fox?
Across 27 surveyed parcels in Flying Fox, the median lot size is about 367,630 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Flying Fox?
At the 2021 Census Flying Fox had 61 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 3.5 people. The wider Tamborine - Canungra statistical area, which contains Flying Fox, went from 10,498 people in 2001 to 16,855 in 2025, up 61%.
Is Flying Fox an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Flying Fox scores 1020 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 Flying Fox?
Median household income in Flying Fox was $2,750 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Scenic Rim Regional. Median rent was $465 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,442 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechmont | 2.7 km | 0% | 53% |
| Ferny Glen | 3.3 km | 11% | 74% |
| Illinbah | 3.9 km | 4% | 43% |
| Sarabah | 5.5 km | 8% | 85% |
| Numinbah Valley Gold Coast City |
7.5 km | 7% | 88% |
| Canungra | 7.6 km | 9% | 84% |
| Witheren | 7.7 km | 4% | 95% |
| Cainbable | 9.3 km | 3% | 84% |
| Lower Beechmont Gold Coast City |
9.4 km | <1% | 97% |
| Nindooinbah | 11.0 km | 21% | 55% |