Great Sandy Strait flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Great Sandy Strait
(Fraser Coast Regional, QLD) - 611.18 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
611.18 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Great Sandy Strait's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Great Sandy Strait at a glance
Schools in and near Great Sandy Strait
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: 0.88 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.69 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 Great Sandy Strait is zoned
Selling in Great Sandy Strait? 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 611.18 km², Great Sandy Strait is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 51% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The median lot measures about 61,686 m² across 111 parcels.
Great Sandy Strait 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 | Not 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 Great Sandy Strait 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 Great Sandy Strait. 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 Great Sandy Strait lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Great Sandy Strait planning - frequently asked
Is Great Sandy Strait flood-prone?
About 51% of Great Sandy Strait falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Great Sandy Strait bushfire-prone?
Around 5% of Great Sandy Strait is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Fraser Coast Regional average of 68%.
What is the zoning in Great Sandy Strait?
The dominant planning zone in Great Sandy Strait is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Mixed Use.
Does Great Sandy Strait have heritage-listed places?
Great Sandy Strait has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Great Sandy Strait?
Across 111 surveyed parcels in Great Sandy Strait, the median lot size is about 61,686 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dimonds | 6.8 km | 48% | 82% |
| Maaroom | 8.9 km | 54% | 69% |
| Boonooroo Plains | 11.8 km | 16% | 83% |
| Beaver Rock | 11.9 km | 52% | 36% |
| Tandora | 12.6 km | 80% | 62% |
| River Heads | 13.2 km | 70% | 15% |
| Boonooroo | 13.4 km | 57% | 79% |
| Prawle | 15.3 km | 89% | 60% |
| Walkers Point | 17.8 km | 90% | 37% |
| Tuan | 17.8 km | 54% | 73% |