Kingsholme flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kingsholme (Gold Coast City, QLD) - 20.08 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Everything below is suburb-wide. Overlays change block to block - see which ones actually touch your lot. The map is free.
Constraint readout
20.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kingsholme's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. It shows where constraints fall; the interactive map shows them on your exact address.
Kingsholme flood risk at the property level
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched, from our lot-by-lot analysis of 326 Kingsholme properties.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 326 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kingsholme.
Kingsholme at a glance
How Kingsholme is zoned
Selling in Kingsholme? 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 20.08 km², Kingsholme is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 88% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 5,163 m² across 445 parcels. These figures are suburb-wide - the overlays that actually apply to a given lot can differ block to block, which is what a property-level check tells you.
Who lives in Kingsholme
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kingsholme 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 1115, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kingsholme's 782 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Willow Vale - Pimpama (West), the wider ABS statistical area containing Kingsholme. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kingsholme itself.
590 in 2001 to 8,721 in 2025, up 1378%.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of Population and Housing 2021 (General Community Profile) and SEIFA 2021, both published at the Suburbs and Localities level; Regional Population (estimated resident population) at Statistical Area Level 2. Used under CC BY 4.0. Census counts of small populations are randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality, so figures for small suburbs are indicative.
Check a specific Kingsholme 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 →Kingsholme planning - frequently asked
Where can I see a flood map of Kingsholme?
The schematic on this page is a Kingsholme flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 6% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Kingsholme address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.
Is Kingsholme flood-prone?
About 6% of Kingsholme falls within a mapped flood overlay, against a Gold Coast City average of 49%. Looking lot by lot, 22% of the 326 properties we analysed in Kingsholme carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 70 rated high risk or historically affected. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.
Is Kingsholme bushfire-prone?
Yes - around 88% of Kingsholme is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 48%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.
What is the zoning in Kingsholme?
The dominant planning zone in Kingsholme is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Extractive industry. Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.
Does Kingsholme have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kingsholme. Even so, it is worth confirming for an individual property before any works.
Is Kingsholme hilly or flat?
Kingsholme is hilly: the median lot slope is about 16%, and 52% of properties sit on slopes of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 17 m to 276 m AHD across the suburb. Slope drives site costs - cut and fill, retaining walls and driveway grades - so it is worth knowing before you commit to a sloping block.
What is the typical lot size in Kingsholme?
Across 445 surveyed parcels in Kingsholme, the median lot size is about 5,163 m². There are also 39 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.
What is the population of Kingsholme?
At the 2021 Census Kingsholme had 782 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 3.7 people. The wider Willow Vale - Pimpama (West) statistical area, which contains Kingsholme, went from 590 people in 2001 to 8,721 in 2025, up 1378%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Kingsholme alone.
Is Kingsholme an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kingsholme scores 1115 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.
What is the median household income in Kingsholme?
Median household income in Kingsholme was $3,150 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $460 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,994 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.
Do I need a planning report for a Kingsholme property?
A Kingsholme planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage and environmental - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; a full PDF report is $9.