Gheerulla flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Gheerulla
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 89.86 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
89.86 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gheerulla's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Gheerulla properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 163 Gheerulla properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 163 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Gheerulla.
Gheerulla at a glance
Schools in and near Gheerulla
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: 1.40 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.37 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 Gheerulla is zoned
Selling in Gheerulla? 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 89.86 km², Gheerulla is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 24% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 74% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 100,001 m² across 183 parcels.
Recent development applications in Gheerulla
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
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the period.
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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Gheerulla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gheerulla 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 944, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gheerulla's 291 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Maroochy Hinterland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gheerulla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gheerulla itself.
5,489 in 2001 to 7,415 in 2025, up 35%.
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.
Gheerulla 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 Gheerulla 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 Gheerulla. 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 Gheerulla lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Gheerulla planning - frequently asked
Is Gheerulla flood-prone?
About 24% of Gheerulla falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 40% of the 163 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 55 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Gheerulla bushfire-prone?
Around 74% of Gheerulla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Gheerulla?
The dominant planning zone in Gheerulla is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Open Space.
Does Gheerulla have heritage-listed places?
Gheerulla has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Gheerulla hilly or flat?
Gheerulla is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 31% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 84 m to 258 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Gheerulla?
Across 183 surveyed parcels in Gheerulla, the median lot size is about 100,001 m². There are also 33 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Gheerulla?
At the 2021 Census Gheerulla had 291 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Maroochy Hinterland statistical area, which contains Gheerulla, went from 5,489 people in 2001 to 7,415 in 2025, up 35%.
Is Gheerulla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gheerulla scores 944 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Gheerulla?
Median household income in Gheerulla was $1,524 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $273 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,550 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coolabine | 5.3 km | 32% | 38% |
| Obi Obi | 6.8 km | 27% | 60% |
| Mapleton | 7.0 km | 15% | 66% |
| Belli Park | 8.0 km | 36% | 49% |
| Kureelpa | 8.0 km | 14% | 35% |
| Kiamba | 8.6 km | 12% | 62% |
| Cooloolabin | 8.7 km | 2% | 83% |
| Kidaman Creek | 9.5 km | 30% | 31% |
| Flaxton | 9.8 km | 18% | 62% |
| Moy Pocket Gympie Regional |
10.3 km | 46% | 66% |