Lake Wivenhoe flood map & planning overlays
Lake Wivenhoe's 22 ha lots are lightly mapped for bushfire, 21.6%, near the water.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lake Wivenhoe
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 202.48 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
202.48 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lake Wivenhoe'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 Lake Wivenhoe
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 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.
Lake Wivenhoe at a glance
Schools in and near Lake Wivenhoe
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 2.53 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.08 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 Lake Wivenhoe address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Lake Wivenhoe is zoned
Selling in Lake Wivenhoe? 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 202.48 km², Lake Wivenhoe is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 218,985 m² across 62 parcels.
Who lives in Lake Wivenhoe
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lake Wivenhoe 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 992, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Esk, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lake Wivenhoe. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lake Wivenhoe itself.
4,299 in 2001 to 5,236 in 2025, up 22%.
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.
Lake Wivenhoe 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 |
| 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 Lake Wivenhoe 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 6% of Lake Wivenhoe. 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 Lake Wivenhoe. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Lake Wivenhoe lot.
Lake Wivenhoe planning - frequently asked
Is Lake Wivenhoe flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Lake Wivenhoe and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 19%). Published flood models are held over parts of Lake Wivenhoe; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Lake Wivenhoe bushfire-prone?
Around 22% of Lake Wivenhoe is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
Is Lake Wivenhoe under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Lake Wivenhoe, and over about 74% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Lake Wivenhoe?
The dominant planning zone in Lake Wivenhoe is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities.
Does Lake Wivenhoe have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Lake Wivenhoe.
What is the typical lot size in Lake Wivenhoe?
Across 62 surveyed parcels in Lake Wivenhoe, the median lot size is about 218,985 m². There are also 23 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Lake Wivenhoe an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lake Wivenhoe scores 992 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Esk | 2.0 km | Not mapped | 53% |
| Murrumba | 4.8 km | Not mapped | 44% |
| Esk | 6.1 km | 4% | 63% |
| Moombra | 6.6 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| Coal Creek | 8.5 km | Not mapped | 53% |
| Caboonbah | 10.7 km | Not mapped | 12% |
| Bryden | 11.5 km | Not mapped | 50% |
| Mount Hallen | 12.6 km | Not mapped | 86% |
| Ottaba | 13.9 km | Not mapped | 61% |
| Mount Beppo | 14.3 km | <1% | 13% |