Kawungan flood map & planning overlays
5,460 residents, 6th-most in Fraser Coast Regional, with 22 flights a day overhead.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kawungan
(Fraser Coast Regional, QLD) - 5.66 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
5.66 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kawungan'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kawungan
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- fcrc_noise_anef
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Kawungan at a glance
Schools in and near Kawungan
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
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: 0.12 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Kawungan address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Kawungan is zoned
Selling in Kawungan? 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 5.66 km², Kawungan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The median lot measures about 804 m² across 2,667 parcels.
Who lives in Kawungan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kawungan 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 919, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kawungan's 5,460 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kawungan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kawungan itself.
12,161 in 2001 to 16,715 in 2025, up 37%.
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.
Kawungan 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 |
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 Kawungan 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 100% of Kawungan. 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 Kawungan. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Kawungan lot.
Kawungan planning - frequently asked
Is Kawungan flood-prone?
About 11% of Kawungan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 46%. Published flood models are held over parts of Kawungan; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Kawungan bushfire-prone?
Around 20% of Kawungan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Fraser Coast Regional average of 68%.
Is Kawungan affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of Kawungan sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Kawungan under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Kawungan, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 22 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 Kawungan?
The dominant planning zone in Kawungan is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Emerging Communities and Open Space.
Does Kawungan have heritage-listed places?
Kawungan has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kawungan?
Across 2,667 surveyed parcels in Kawungan, the median lot size is about 804 m². There are also 232 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kawungan have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kawungan itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Kawungan?
At the 2021 Census Kawungan had 5,460 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan statistical area, which contains Kawungan, went from 12,161 people in 2001 to 16,715 in 2025, up 37%.
Is Kawungan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kawungan scores 919 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 Kawungan?
Median household income in Kawungan was $1,148 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,124 for the typical suburb in Fraser Coast Regional. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,408 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wondunna | 2.1 km | 24% | 56% |
| Urraween | 2.6 km | 15% | 14% |
| Scarness | 2.6 km | 34% | 0% |
| Torquay | 3.1 km | 33% | 3% |
| Nikenbah | 3.2 km | 38% | 38% |
| Pialba | 3.3 km | 33% | 13% |
| Eli Waters | 5.8 km | 69% | 33% |
| Urangan | 5.9 km | 41% | 26% |
| Point Vernon | 6.5 km | 32% | 17% |
| Booral | 6.9 km | 26% | 75% |