Glen Isla flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Glen Isla
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 26.96 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
26.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glen Isla's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Glen Isla at a glance
Schools in and near Glen Isla
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: 0.30 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.30 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 Isla is zoned
Selling in Glen Isla? 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 26.96 km², Glen Isla is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 99% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 80,924 m² across 105 parcels.
Who lives in Glen Isla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glen Isla 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 969, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Glen Isla's 43 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glen Isla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glen Isla itself.
7,033 in 2001 to 9,503 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.
Glen Isla 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 Isla 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 Isla. 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 Isla lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Glen Isla planning - frequently asked
Is Glen Isla flood-prone?
About 99% of Glen Isla falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Glen Isla bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of Glen Isla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 69%.
What is the zoning in Glen Isla?
The dominant planning zone in Glen Isla is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low impact industry and Low density residential.
Does Glen Isla have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Glen Isla.
What is the typical lot size in Glen Isla?
Across 105 surveyed parcels in Glen Isla, the median lot size is about 80,924 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Glen Isla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glen Isla scores 969 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breadalbane | 2.6 km | 100% | 35% |
| Preston | 4.2 km | 61% | 68% |
| Mount Julian | 5.2 km | 53% | 65% |
| Proserpine | 6.3 km | 86% | 31% |
| Hamilton Plains | 6.5 km | 99% | 34% |
| Mount Marlow | 7.4 km | 42% | 76% |
| Palm Grove | 8.1 km | 16% | 86% |
| Goorganga Plains | 9.4 km | 100% | 25% |
| Conway | 9.8 km | 42% | 77% |
| Strathdickie | 10.0 km | 31% | 70% |