Hideaway Bay flood map & planning overlays
Hideaway Bay has the oldest crowd in Whitsunday Regional, median age 63.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hideaway Bay
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 0.86 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
0.86 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hideaway Bay's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Hideaway Bay
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 to
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.
Hideaway Bay at a glance
Schools in and near Hideaway Bay
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: 25.30 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 25.02 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 Hideaway Bay address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Hideaway Bay is zoned
Selling in Hideaway Bay? 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 0.86 km², Hideaway Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 47% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The median lot measures about 819 m² across 382 parcels.
Who lives in Hideaway Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hideaway Bay 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 927, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hideaway Bay's 232 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hideaway Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hideaway Bay 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.
Hideaway Bay 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 5 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 Hideaway Bay address
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See what's in the $9 report →Published flood models are held over parts of Hideaway Bay. 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 Hideaway Bay lot.
Hideaway Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Hideaway Bay flood-prone?
About 47% of Hideaway Bay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Hideaway Bay; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Hideaway Bay bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Hideaway Bay and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Whitsunday Regional average is 34%).
Is Hideaway Bay under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Hideaway Bay in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Hideaway Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Hideaway Bay is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Tourist accommodation.
Does Hideaway Bay have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Hideaway Bay.
What is the typical lot size in Hideaway Bay?
Across 382 surveyed parcels in Hideaway Bay, the median lot size is about 819 m². There are also 36 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Hideaway Bay?
At the 2021 Census Hideaway Bay had 232 usual residents, with a median age of 63 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Proserpine statistical area, which contains Hideaway Bay, went from 7,033 people in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
Is Hideaway Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hideaway Bay scores 927 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hideaway Bay?
Median household income in Hideaway Bay was $1,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional. Median rent was $370 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,613 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dingo Beach | 1.6 km | 48% | 55% |
| Cape Gloucester | 9.4 km | 84% | 35% |
| Gregory River | 18.4 km | 59% | 13% |
| Woodwark | 24.3 km | 44% | 57% |
| Mount Pluto | 24.7 km | 20% | 44% |
| Riordanvale | 28.5 km | 6% | 27% |
| Myrtlevale | 28.8 km | 63% | 8% |
| Foxdale | 29.9 km | 100% | 17% |
| Sugarloaf | 30.3 km | 8% | 31% |
| Strathdickie | 30.6 km | 31% | 7% |