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.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kingsholme's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Kingsholme properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 326 Kingsholme properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Kingsholme at a glance

Parcels 345 Median lot 7,300 m² Mapped easements 39 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 67%

Schools in and near Kingsholme

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 0.17 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 0.17 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 Kingsholme is zoned

Rural 64%
Conservation 25%
Extractive industry 7%
Open space 2%
Rural residential 2%

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 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 97% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 7,300 m² across 345 parcels.

Recent development applications in Kingsholme

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

6

Latest included submission: 30 March 2026.

Previous 12 months: 9 (33% 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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Kingsholme

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kingsholme suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
782
usual residents, 2021
Median age
36
years
Median household income
$3,150
per week, Gold Coast City suburb typical $1,830
Median rent
$460
per week, Gold Coast City suburb typical $450
Median mortgage
$2,994
per month
Household size
3.7
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1115, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Kingsholme's 782 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.8%
5-14 21.6%
15-19 6.3%
20-24 2.8%
25-34 9.0%
35-44 18.8%
45-54 14.1%
55-64 10.6%
65-74 6.9%
75-84 2.2%
85+ 1.0%

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: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.

Kingsholme data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsCity of Gold Coast

Profile last materially updated 12 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 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.

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 Kingsholme lot.

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Kingsholme planning - frequently asked

Is Kingsholme flood-prone?

About 5% of Kingsholme falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 38%. Across the suburb, 22% of the 326 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 72 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Kingsholme bushfire-prone?

Around 97% of Kingsholme is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.

What is the zoning in Kingsholme?

The dominant planning zone in Kingsholme is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Extractive industry.

Does Kingsholme have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Kingsholme.

Is Kingsholme hilly or flat?

Kingsholme is hilly: the median ground slope is about 16%, and 52% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 17 m to 276 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Kingsholme?

Across 345 surveyed parcels in Kingsholme, the median lot size is about 7,300 m². There are also 39 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

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%.

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 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

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.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Ormeau Hills 3.1 km 6% 87%
Willow Vale 3.2 km 6% 94%
Cedar Creek 4.6 km 7% 98%
Luscombe 5.1 km 8% 92%
Ormeau 6.2 km 19% 40%
Wongawallan 6.5 km 5% 96%
Cedar Creek
Logan City
6.8 km 29% 94%
Wolffdene
Logan City
7.7 km 29% 82%
Upper Coomera 7.8 km 14% 62%
Bannockburn
Logan City
8.6 km 74% 59%

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