Jones Hill flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Jones Hill
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 8.03 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
8.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Jones Hill's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Jones Hill at a glance
Schools in and near Jones Hill
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 3.11 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 Jones Hill is zoned
Selling in Jones Hill? 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 8.03 km², Jones Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 48% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 50% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 931 m² across 682 parcels.
Who lives in Jones Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Jones Hill 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 952, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Jones Hill's 1,135 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Jones Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Jones Hill itself.
4,267 in 2001 to 9,079 in 2025, up 113%.
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.
Jones Hill 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 |
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 Jones Hill 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 Jones Hill. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Jones Hill lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Jones Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Jones Hill flood-prone?
About 48% of Jones Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Jones Hill bushfire-prone?
Around 50% of Jones Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Jones Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Jones Hill is Rural, though the suburb also includes Residential Living and Rural Residential.
Does Jones Hill have heritage-listed places?
Jones Hill has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Jones Hill?
Across 682 surveyed parcels in Jones Hill, the median lot size is about 931 m². There are also 181 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Jones Hill?
At the 2021 Census Jones Hill had 1,135 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Gympie - South statistical area, which contains Jones Hill, went from 4,267 people in 2001 to 9,079 in 2025, up 113%.
Is Jones Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Jones Hill scores 952 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Jones Hill?
Median household income in Jones Hill was $1,548 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $373 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dawn | 2.8 km | 61% | 39% |
| Long Flat | 3.3 km | 36% | 45% |
| Southside | 3.3 km | 68% | 35% |
| McIntosh Creek | 3.4 km | 22% | 65% |
| Glanmire | 3.7 km | 88% | 42% |
| Pie Creek | 4.2 km | 37% | 67% |
| Monkland | 4.5 km | 92% | 23% |
| Lagoon Pocket | 5.0 km | 61% | 39% |
| Nahrunda | 5.3 km | 69% | 27% |
| Gympie | 6.0 km | 56% | 18% |