Glass House Mountains zoning & planning overlays
Glass House Mountains: 5,601 residents, 5 heritage places, 2,043 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Glass House Mountains
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 73.12 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
73.12 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glass House Mountains's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Glass House Mountains properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,529 analysed Glass House Mountains properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,529 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Glass House Mountains.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Glass House Mountains
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Glass House Mountains at a glance
Schools in and near Glass House Mountains
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
1 school providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Glass House Mountains is zoned
Selling in Glass House Mountains? 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 73.12 km², Glass House Mountains is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 55% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 2,043 m² across 2,547 parcels.
Recent development applications in Glass House Mountains
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
Latest included submission: 28 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 9 (78% higher in the latest 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 7 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Glass House Mountains
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glass House Mountains 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 984, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Glass House Mountains's 5,601 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Glass House Mountains, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glass House Mountains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glass House Mountains itself.
4,333 in 2001 to 7,309 in 2025, up 69%.
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.
Glass House Mountains data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 Glass House Mountains 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 96% of Glass House Mountains. 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 Glass House Mountains. 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Glass House Mountains lot.
Glass House Mountains planning - frequently asked
Is Glass House Mountains flood-prone?
We hold flood mapping covering Glass House Mountains, but the share of the suburb it covers could not be calculated for this page - the flood overlays here are too intricate or too overlapping for our area calculation to resolve. That is a limit of our calculation, not a finding about the suburb, and it is neither an all-clear nor a sign of severe flooding. Sunshine Coast Regional publishes the flood mapping for this area, and our free interactive map still checks any individual Glass House Mountains address against it. Across the suburb, 22% of the 2,529 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 366 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Glass House Mountains; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Glass House Mountains bushfire-prone?
Around 55% of Glass House Mountains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Glass House Mountains under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 96% of Glass House Mountains, and over about 99% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 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 Glass House Mountains?
The dominant planning zone in Glass House Mountains is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Rural Residential.
Does Glass House Mountains have heritage-listed places?
Glass House Mountains has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Glass House Mountains hilly or flat?
Glass House Mountains is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 20 m to 73 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Glass House Mountains?
Across 2,547 surveyed parcels in Glass House Mountains, the median lot size is about 2,043 m². There are also 677 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Glass House Mountains have a train station?
Yes - Glass House Mountains has 1 train station: Glass House Mountains station. It is also served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Glass House Mountains?
At the 2021 Census Glass House Mountains had 5,601 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Glass House Mountains statistical area, which contains Glass House Mountains, went from 4,333 people in 2001 to 7,309 in 2025, up 69%.
Is Glass House Mountains an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glass House Mountains scores 984 and sits in decile 5 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 Glass House Mountains?
Median household income in Glass House Mountains was $1,740 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 $1,820 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beerwah | 6.1 km | Not measured | 56% |
| Beerburrum | 6.7 km | 25% | 70% |
| Peachester | 9.3 km | 21% | 38% |
| Commissioners Flat Moreton Bay City |
9.7 km | 38% | 83% |
| Mount Mellum | 10.0 km | <1% | 59% |
| Elimbah Moreton Bay City |
11.3 km | 45% | 86% |
| Landsborough | 12.0 km | 21% | 70% |
| Crohamhurst | 12.4 km | 18% | 51% |
| Coochin Creek | 12.7 km | Not measured | 63% |
| Cedarton Moreton Bay City |
12.7 km | 47% | 50% |