Highworth flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Highworth
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 1.24 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
1.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Highworth's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Highworth properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 161 Highworth properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 161 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Highworth.
Highworth at a glance
Schools in and near Highworth
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: 0.11 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.11 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 Highworth is zoned
Selling in Highworth? 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 1.24 km², Highworth is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 31% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 911 m² across 146 parcels.
Recent development applications in Highworth
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Highworth
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Highworth 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 926, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Highworth's 348 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Nambour, the wider ABS statistical area containing Highworth. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Highworth itself.
15,361 in 2001 to 24,674 in 2025, up 61%.
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.
Highworth 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 Highworth 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 Highworth. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$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 Highworth lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Highworth planning - frequently asked
Is Highworth flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Highworth and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 30%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 161 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Highworth bushfire-prone?
Around 31% of Highworth is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Highworth?
The dominant planning zone in Highworth is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Open Space.
Does Highworth have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Highworth.
Is Highworth hilly or flat?
Highworth is hilly: the median ground slope is about 15%, and 54% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 90 m to 148 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Highworth?
Across 146 surveyed parcels in Highworth, the median lot size is about 911 m². There are also 97 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Highworth have a train station?
There is no train station inside Highworth itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Highworth?
At the 2021 Census Highworth had 348 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Nambour statistical area, which contains Highworth, went from 15,361 people in 2001 to 24,674 in 2025, up 61%.
Is Highworth an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Highworth scores 926 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 Highworth?
Median household income in Highworth was $1,674 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside | 2.0 km | 20% | 24% |
| Image Flat | 2.0 km | 1% | 35% |
| Perwillowen | 2.2 km | 8% | 47% |
| Nambour | 3.1 km | 22% | 32% |
| Kureelpa | 3.8 km | 14% | 35% |
| Towen Mountain | 3.8 km | 1% | 64% |
| Kulangoor | 3.8 km | 8% | 64% |
| Coes Creek | 4.0 km | 22% | 34% |
| Dulong | 4.6 km | 0% | 25% |
| Kiamba | 5.3 km | 12% | 62% |