Glen Echo flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Glen Echo
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 80.89 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
80.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glen Echo's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Glen Echo at a glance
Schools in and near Glen Echo
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: 7.86 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 19.73 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 Glen Echo is zoned
Selling in Glen Echo? 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 80.89 km², Glen Echo is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 48% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 81% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 489,363 m² across 85 parcels.
Who lives in Glen Echo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glen Echo 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 935, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glen Echo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glen Echo itself.
14,915 in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
Glen Echo 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 Glen Echo 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 Glen Echo. 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 an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Glen Echo lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Glen Echo planning - frequently asked
Is Glen Echo flood-prone?
About 48% of Glen Echo falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Glen Echo bushfire-prone?
Around 81% of Glen Echo is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Glen Echo?
The dominant planning zone in Glen Echo is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management And Conservation.
Does Glen Echo have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Glen Echo.
What is the typical lot size in Glen Echo?
Across 85 surveyed parcels in Glen Echo, the median lot size is about 489,363 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Glen Echo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glen Echo scores 935 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munna Creek | 4.6 km | 88% | 92% |
| Miva | 6.7 km | 58% | 84% |
| Munna Creek Fraser Coast Regional |
7.0 km | 76% | 78% |
| Miva Fraser Coast Regional |
7.6 km | 100% | 66% |
| Woolooga | 11.3 km | 42% | 71% |
| Paterson Fraser Coast Regional |
12.4 km | 40% | 83% |
| Theebine | 12.7 km | 53% | 45% |
| Mount Urah Fraser Coast Regional |
13.0 km | 50% | 80% |
| Sexton | 14.6 km | 54% | 71% |
| Marodian Fraser Coast Regional |
14.7 km | 55% | 62% |