Image Flat flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Image Flat
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 9.45 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
9.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Image Flat's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Image Flat properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 212 Image Flat properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 212 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Image Flat.
Image Flat at a glance
Schools in and near Image Flat
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: 0.72 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.72 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 Image Flat is zoned
Selling in Image Flat? 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 9.45 km², Image Flat is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 35% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 12,204 m² across 197 parcels.
Recent development applications in Image Flat
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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Image Flat
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Image Flat 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 994, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Image Flat's 457 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Nambour, the wider ABS statistical area containing Image Flat. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Image Flat 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.
Image Flat 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 Image Flat 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 Image Flat. 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 Image Flat lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Image Flat planning - frequently asked
Is Image Flat flood-prone?
About 1% of Image Flat falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 10% of the 212 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 22 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Image Flat bushfire-prone?
Around 35% of Image Flat is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Image Flat?
The dominant planning zone in Image Flat is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Environmental Management and Conservation.
Does Image Flat have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Image Flat.
Is Image Flat hilly or flat?
Image Flat is hilly: the median ground slope is about 13%, and 42% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 44 m to 149 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Image Flat?
Across 197 surveyed parcels in Image Flat, the median lot size is about 12,204 m². There are also 75 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Image Flat?
At the 2021 Census Image Flat had 457 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Nambour statistical area, which contains Image Flat, went from 15,361 people in 2001 to 24,674 in 2025, up 61%.
Is Image Flat an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Image Flat scores 994 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 Image Flat?
Median household income in Image Flat was $1,583 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 $1,712 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highworth | 2.0 km | 0% | 31% |
| Kulangoor | 3.1 km | 8% | 64% |
| Kureelpa | 3.3 km | 14% | 35% |
| Kiamba | 3.4 km | 12% | 62% |
| Burnside | 3.9 km | 20% | 24% |
| Perwillowen | 4.0 km | 8% | 47% |
| Nambour | 4.6 km | 22% | 32% |
| Yandina | 5.1 km | 54% | 27% |
| Parklands | 5.4 km | 2% | 80% |
| Towen Mountain | 5.6 km | 1% | 64% |