Jacobs Well flood map & planning overlays
81.9% flood-mapped, 8th of 79 in Gold Coast City.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Jacobs Well
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 14.18 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
14.18 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Jacobs Well'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Jacobs Well properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,735 analysed Jacobs Well properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,735 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Jacobs Well.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Jacobs Well
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
typical observed square 2 a day
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.
Jacobs Well at a glance
Schools in and near Jacobs Well
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: 3.00 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.00 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 Jacobs Well is zoned
Selling in Jacobs Well? 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 14.18 km², Jacobs Well is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 82% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 24% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 763 m² across 1,754 parcels.
Recent development applications in Jacobs Well
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public City of Gold Coast register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 22 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 60 (17% lower in the latest period).
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Jacobs Well
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Jacobs Well 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 1017, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Jacobs Well's 2,882 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Jacobs Well - Alberton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Jacobs Well. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Jacobs Well itself.
2,508 in 2001 to 5,608 in 2025, up 124%.
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.
Jacobs Well 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | City of Gold Coast |
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 Jacobs Well 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 99% of Jacobs Well. 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 Jacobs Well. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Jacobs Well lot.
Jacobs Well planning - frequently asked
Is Jacobs Well flood-prone?
About 82% of Jacobs Well falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%. Across the suburb, 94% of the 1,735 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1488 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Jacobs Well; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Jacobs Well bushfire-prone?
Around 24% of Jacobs Well is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Jacobs Well under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 99% of Jacobs Well, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 23 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Jacobs Well?
The dominant planning zone in Jacobs Well is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open space and Conservation.
Does Jacobs Well have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Jacobs Well.
Is Jacobs Well hilly or flat?
Jacobs Well is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 1 m to 4 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Jacobs Well?
Across 1,754 surveyed parcels in Jacobs Well, the median lot size is about 763 m². There are also 318 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Jacobs Well?
At the 2021 Census Jacobs Well had 2,882 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Jacobs Well - Alberton statistical area, which contains Jacobs Well, went from 2,508 people in 2001 to 5,608 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Jacobs Well an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Jacobs Well scores 1017 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Jacobs Well?
Median household income in Jacobs Well was $2,127 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $465 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,141 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwell | 4.6 km | 97% | 11% |
| Steiglitz | 4.8 km | 98% | 13% |
| Pimpama | 4.8 km | 52% | 74% |
| Southern Moreton Bay Islands | 4.8 km | Not measured | 16% |
| Woongoolba | 7.4 km | Not measured | 16% |
| Coomera | 7.8 km | 41% | 72% |
| South Stradbroke | 8.5 km | 59% | 50% |
| Gilberton | 9.0 km | 98% | 16% |
| Hope Island | 9.5 km | 68% | 21% |
| Ormeau | 10.1 km | 19% | 40% |