Glen Eden flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 30, 2nd-youngest in Gladstone Regional.
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A planning-constraint profile of Glen Eden
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 6.98 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.98 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glen Eden'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 Glen Eden
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: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Glen Eden at a glance
Schools in and near Glen Eden
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 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 1.41 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Glen Eden address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Glen Eden is zoned
Selling in Glen Eden? 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 6.98 km², Glen Eden is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 87% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open Space. The median lot measures about 800 m² across 1,322 parcels.
Who lives in Glen Eden
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glen Eden 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 963, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Glen Eden's 2,918 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Telina - Toolooa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glen Eden. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glen Eden itself.
3,979 in 2001 to 6,828 in 2025, up 72%.
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 Eden 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 Glen Eden 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 72% of Glen Eden. 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 Glen Eden. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Glen Eden lot.
Glen Eden planning - frequently asked
Is Glen Eden flood-prone?
About 29% of Glen Eden falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Glen Eden; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Glen Eden bushfire-prone?
Around 87% of Glen Eden is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is Glen Eden under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 72% of Glen Eden, and over about 92% 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Glen Eden?
The dominant planning zone in Glen Eden is Open Space, though the suburb also includes Emerging Communities and Low Density Residential.
Does Glen Eden have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Glen Eden.
What is the typical lot size in Glen Eden?
Across 1,322 surveyed parcels in Glen Eden, the median lot size is about 800 m². There are also 348 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Glen Eden have a train station?
There is no train station inside Glen Eden itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
What is the population of Glen Eden?
At the 2021 Census Glen Eden had 2,918 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Telina - Toolooa statistical area, which contains Glen Eden, went from 3,979 people in 2001 to 6,828 in 2025, up 72%.
Is Glen Eden an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glen Eden scores 963 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Glen Eden?
Median household income in Glen Eden was $2,096 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Gladstone Regional. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,560 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telina | 1.8 km | 33% | 60% |
| Toolooa | 2.0 km | 17% | 75% |
| Kirkwood | 2.2 km | 23% | 92% |
| Sun Valley | 3.0 km | 30% | 54% |
| O'Connell | 3.1 km | 29% | 98% |
| Kin Kora | 3.2 km | 50% | 48% |
| South Trees | 3.3 km | 87% | 23% |
| New Auckland | 3.7 km | 43% | 44% |
| South Gladstone | 4.2 km | 27% | 37% |
| West Gladstone | 5.2 km | 50% | 29% |