Lower Beechmont flood map & planning overlays
91.6% landslide-mapped and ground at 548 m, both 2nd in Gold Coast City. Lower in name only.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lower Beechmont
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 16.53 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
16.53 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lower Beechmont'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 Lower Beechmont properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 560 analysed Lower Beechmont properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 560 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Lower Beechmont.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Lower Beechmont
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
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Lower Beechmont at a glance
Schools in and near Lower Beechmont
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: 3.82 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.82 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 Lower Beechmont is zoned
Selling in Lower Beechmont? 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 16.53 km², Lower Beechmont is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Special purpose. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 891 m² across 560 parcels.
Recent development applications in Lower Beechmont
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
Latest included submission: 2 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 10 (30% 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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Lower Beechmont
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lower Beechmont 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 997, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lower Beechmont's 1,067 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Guanaba - Springbrook, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lower Beechmont. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lower Beechmont itself.
3,590 in 2001 to 4,687 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Lower Beechmont 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 | City of Gold Coast |
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 Lower Beechmont 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 16% of Lower Beechmont. 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 Lower Beechmont. 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 Lower Beechmont lot.
Lower Beechmont planning - frequently asked
Is Lower Beechmont flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Lower Beechmont and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 35%). Across the suburb, 1% of the 560 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 4 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Lower Beechmont; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Lower Beechmont bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Lower Beechmont is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Lower Beechmont under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 16% of Lower Beechmont, and over about 61% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. 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 Lower Beechmont?
The dominant planning zone in Lower Beechmont is Special purpose, though the suburb also includes Rural and Conservation.
Does Lower Beechmont have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Lower Beechmont.
Is Lower Beechmont hilly or flat?
Lower Beechmont is steep: the median ground slope is about 22%, and 78% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 241 m to 548 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Lower Beechmont?
Across 560 surveyed parcels in Lower Beechmont, the median lot size is about 891 m². There are also 95 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Lower Beechmont?
At the 2021 Census Lower Beechmont had 1,067 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Guanaba - Springbrook statistical area, which contains Lower Beechmont, went from 3,590 people in 2001 to 4,687 in 2025, up 31%.
Is Lower Beechmont an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lower Beechmont scores 997 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lower Beechmont?
Median household income in Lower Beechmont was $1,570 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $410 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,730 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advancetown | 3.7 km | 3% | 90% |
| Witheren Scenic Rim Regional |
4.8 km | 4% | 95% |
| Clagiraba | 6.1 km | 8% | 98% |
| Gilston | 7.0 km | 19% | 94% |
| Mount Nathan | 7.8 km | 11% | 93% |
| Tallai | 8.3 km | 2% | 94% |
| Worongary | 9.1 km | 8% | 88% |
| Ferny Glen Scenic Rim Regional |
9.1 km | 11% | 74% |
| Flying Fox Scenic Rim Regional |
9.4 km | Not mapped | 56% |
| Highland Park | 9.5 km | 2% | 52% |