Landsborough flood map & planning overlays
Landsborough: 17 heritage places, joint 5th, and 69.6% bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Landsborough
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 60.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
60.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Landsborough'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Landsborough properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,226 analysed Landsborough properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,226 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Landsborough.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Landsborough
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Landsborough at a glance
Schools in and near Landsborough
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: 2.71 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 Landsborough is zoned
Selling in Landsborough? 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 60.03 km², Landsborough is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 70% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,014 m² across 2,254 parcels.
Recent development applications in Landsborough
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: 14 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 21 (10% 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 7 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Landsborough
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Landsborough 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 955, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Landsborough's 4,446 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Landsborough, the wider ABS statistical area containing Landsborough. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Landsborough itself.
7,248 in 2001 to 21,628 in 2025, up 198%.
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.
Landsborough 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 Landsborough 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 94% of Landsborough. 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 Landsborough. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Landsborough lot.
Landsborough planning - frequently asked
Is Landsborough flood-prone?
About 21% of Landsborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 31% of the 2,226 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 511 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Landsborough; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Landsborough bushfire-prone?
Around 70% of Landsborough is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Landsborough under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 94% of Landsborough, and over about 99% 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 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 5 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 Landsborough?
The dominant planning zone in Landsborough is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Rural Residential.
Does Landsborough have heritage-listed places?
Landsborough has 17 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Landsborough hilly or flat?
Landsborough is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 7% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 24 m to 85 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Landsborough?
Across 2,254 surveyed parcels in Landsborough, the median lot size is about 1,014 m². There are also 655 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Landsborough have a train station?
Yes - Landsborough has 1 train station: Landsborough station. It is also served by 7 bus stops.
What is the population of Landsborough?
At the 2021 Census Landsborough had 4,446 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Landsborough statistical area, which contains Landsborough, went from 7,248 people in 2001 to 21,628 in 2025, up 198%.
Is Landsborough an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Landsborough scores 955 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Landsborough?
Median household income in Landsborough was $1,620 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,799 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenview | 5.5 km | 31% | 52% |
| Banya | 5.6 km | 27% | 3% |
| Mooloolah Valley | 5.8 km | 18% | 48% |
| Beerwah | 5.9 km | Not measured | 56% |
| Nirimba | 6.0 km | 33% | 9% |
| Mount Mellum | 6.1 km | <1% | 59% |
| Gagalba | 7.1 km | 24% | 3% |
| Corbould Park | 7.1 km | 30% | 58% |
| Aura Central | 7.8 km | 32% | 11% |
| Diamond Valley | 8.4 km | 5% | 67% |