Jacobs Well flood map & planning overlays
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 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Jacobs Well properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,735 Jacobs Well properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
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.
Jacobs Well at a glance
Schools in and near Jacobs Well
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: 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 84% 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 1,748 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: 16 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 57 (18% 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 20 September 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 |
| 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 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 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.
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 (+$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 Jacobs Well lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Jacobs Well planning - frequently asked
Is Jacobs Well flood-prone?
About 84% of Jacobs Well falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 38%. 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.
Is Jacobs Well bushfire-prone?
Around 24% of Jacobs Well is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
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 1,748 surveyed parcels in Jacobs Well, the median lot size is about 763 m². There are also 314 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 | 53% | 78% |
| Southern Moreton Bay Islands | 4.8 km | 100% | 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 | 74% | 21% |
| Ormeau | 10.1 km | 19% | 40% |