Hidden Valley flood map & planning overlays
The youngest suburb in Livingstone Shire: Hidden Valley's median age is 33.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hidden Valley
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 13.19 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
13.19 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hidden Valley'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 Hidden Valley
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
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Hidden Valley at a glance
Schools in and near Hidden Valley
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 1.62 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.74 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Hidden Valley address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Hidden Valley is zoned
Selling in Hidden Valley? 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 13.19 km², Hidden Valley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 78% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 787 m² across 721 parcels.
Who lives in Hidden Valley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hidden Valley 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 987, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hidden Valley's 879 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yeppoon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hidden Valley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hidden Valley itself.
12,256 in 2001 to 22,522 in 2025, up 84%.
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.
Hidden Valley 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 Hidden Valley 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 6% of Hidden Valley. 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 Hidden Valley. 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 Hidden Valley lot.
Hidden Valley planning - frequently asked
Is Hidden Valley flood-prone?
About 8% of Hidden Valley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Published flood models are held over parts of Hidden Valley; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Hidden Valley bushfire-prone?
Around 78% of Hidden Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
Is Hidden Valley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Hidden Valley, and over about 8% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. 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 Hidden Valley?
The dominant planning zone in Hidden Valley is Rural, though the suburb also includes Emerging communities and Low density residential.
Does Hidden Valley have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Hidden Valley.
What is the typical lot size in Hidden Valley?
Across 721 surveyed parcels in Hidden Valley, the median lot size is about 787 m². There are also 400 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hidden Valley have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hidden Valley itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Hidden Valley?
At the 2021 Census Hidden Valley had 879 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Yeppoon statistical area, which contains Hidden Valley, went from 12,256 people in 2001 to 22,522 in 2025, up 84%.
Is Hidden Valley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hidden Valley scores 987 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hidden Valley?
Median household income in Hidden Valley was $2,137 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $428 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,806 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barmaryee | 2.7 km | 50% | 72% |
| Taroomball | 3.4 km | 4% | 93% |
| Bondoola | 3.7 km | 29% | 95% |
| Taranganba | 4.5 km | 16% | 50% |
| Lammermoor | 5.7 km | 24% | 31% |
| Inverness | 5.7 km | 27% | 86% |
| Tanby | 6.2 km | 6% | 84% |
| Meikleville Hill | 6.7 km | 0% | 62% |
| Yeppoon | 7.0 km | 19% | 16% |
| Barlows Hill | 7.2 km | 0% | 67% |