Gympie flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Gympie
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 15.23 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
15.23 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gympie's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Gympie at a glance
Schools in and near Gympie
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
4 schools providing primary years and 6 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 Gympie is zoned
Selling in Gympie? 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 15.23 km², Gympie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 56% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 18% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 534 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Residential Living. The median lot measures about 819 m² across 6,412 parcels.
Who lives in Gympie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gympie 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 856, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gympie's 11,355 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gympie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gympie itself.
12,012 in 2001 to 15,512 in 2025, up 29%.
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.
Gympie 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 Gympie 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 Gympie. 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 Gympie lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Gympie planning - frequently asked
Is Gympie flood-prone?
About 56% of Gympie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Gympie bushfire-prone?
Around 18% of Gympie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Gympie?
The dominant planning zone in Gympie is Residential Living, though the suburb also includes Community Purposes and Sport And Recreation.
Does Gympie have heritage-listed places?
Gympie has 534 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Gympie?
Across 6,412 surveyed parcels in Gympie, the median lot size is about 819 m². There are also 891 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Gympie have a train station?
There is no train station inside Gympie itself. The suburb is served by 52 bus stops.
What is the population of Gympie?
At the 2021 Census Gympie had 11,355 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Gympie - North statistical area, which contains Gympie, went from 12,012 people in 2001 to 15,512 in 2025, up 29%.
Is Gympie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gympie scores 856 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Gympie?
Median household income in Gympie was $1,022 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $295 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,200 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Araluen | 2.8 km | 28% | 66% |
| Southside | 3.0 km | 68% | 35% |
| Two Mile | 3.3 km | 53% | 51% |
| Victory Heights | 3.3 km | 59% | 87% |
| Monkland | 3.5 km | 92% | 23% |
| Banks Pocket | 3.6 km | 51% | 73% |
| Widgee Crossing North | 4.6 km | 92% | 51% |
| Nahrunda | 5.0 km | 69% | 27% |
| Widgee Crossing South | 5.2 km | 46% | 84% |
| Tamaree | 5.4 km | 26% | 83% |