Kunda Park flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kunda Park
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 2.95 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
2.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kunda Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kunda Park properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 774 Kunda Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 774 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kunda Park.
Kunda Park at a glance
Schools in and near Kunda Park
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: 0.95 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.63 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 Kunda Park is zoned
Selling in Kunda Park? 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 2.95 km², Kunda Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 64% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 31% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Industry. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 782 m² across 833 parcels.
Recent development applications in Kunda Park
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 12 May 2026.
Previous 12 months: 10 (40% 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 Kunda Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kunda Park suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Buderim - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kunda Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kunda Park itself.
13,994 in 2001 to 20,127 in 2025, up 44%.
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.
Kunda Park 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 | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 Kunda Park 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 Kunda Park. 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 Kunda Park lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kunda Park planning - frequently asked
Is Kunda Park flood-prone?
About 64% of Kunda Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 46% of the 774 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 150 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Kunda Park bushfire-prone?
Around 31% of Kunda Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Kunda Park?
The dominant planning zone in Kunda Park is Industry, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Rural.
Does Kunda Park have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kunda Park.
Is Kunda Park hilly or flat?
Kunda Park is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 5% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 19 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kunda Park?
Across 833 surveyed parcels in Kunda Park, the median lot size is about 782 m². There are also 320 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kunda Park have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kunda Park itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diddillibah | 1.4 km | 48% | 17% |
| Kuluin | 1.6 km | 26% | 12% |
| Kiels Mountain | 3.3 km | 6% | 47% |
| Forest Glen | 3.3 km | 49% | 34% |
| Mons | 3.7 km | 4% | 39% |
| Buderim | 4.1 km | 17% | 40% |
| Maroochydore | 4.5 km | 67% | 4% |
| Rosemount | 4.9 km | 40% | 20% |
| Twin Waters | 5.2 km | 94% | 19% |
| Pacific Paradise | 5.9 km | 97% | 11% |