Maryborough flood map & planning overlays
The most heritage places, schools and bus stops in Fraser Coast Regional, plus a demolition control area.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
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A planning-constraint profile of Maryborough
(Fraser Coast Regional, QLD) - 26.45 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
26.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Maryborough's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Maryborough
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
4% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- fcrc_noise_anef
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 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.
Maryborough at a glance
Schools in and near Maryborough
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
5 schools providing primary years and 5 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Maryborough is zoned
Selling in Maryborough? 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 26.45 km², Maryborough is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 82% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 36% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 36 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The median lot measures about 815 m² across 8,554 parcels.
Who lives in Maryborough
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Maryborough 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 823, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Maryborough's 15,287 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Maryborough (Qld), the wider ABS statistical area containing Maryborough. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Maryborough itself.
17,487 in 2001 to 19,255 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
Maryborough 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Maryborough 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 93% of Maryborough. 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 Maryborough. 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 Maryborough lot.
Maryborough planning - frequently asked
Is Maryborough flood-prone?
About 82% of Maryborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 46%. Published flood models are held over parts of Maryborough; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Maryborough bushfire-prone?
Around 36% of Maryborough is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Fraser Coast Regional average of 68%.
Is Maryborough affected by aircraft noise?
About 4% of Maryborough sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 35 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Maryborough under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 93% of Maryborough, and over about 94% 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 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 13 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 Maryborough?
The dominant planning zone in Maryborough is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Rural and Community facilities.
Does Maryborough have heritage-listed places?
Maryborough has 36 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Maryborough?
Across 8,554 surveyed parcels in Maryborough, the median lot size is about 815 m². There are also 553 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Maryborough have a train station?
There is no train station inside Maryborough itself. The suburb is served by 108 bus stops.
What is the population of Maryborough?
At the 2021 Census Maryborough had 15,287 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Maryborough (Qld) statistical area, which contains Maryborough, went from 17,487 people in 2001 to 19,255 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Maryborough an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Maryborough scores 823 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Maryborough?
Median household income in Maryborough was $926 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,124 for the typical suburb in Fraser Coast Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,008 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granville | 3.6 km | 85% | 44% |
| Maryborough West | 3.9 km | 49% | 90% |
| Tinana | 4.1 km | 78% | 55% |
| St Helens | 4.2 km | 86% | 60% |
| Island Plantation | 4.7 km | 100% | 23% |
| Walkers Point | 5.6 km | 90% | 37% |
| Dundathu | 6.1 km | 64% | 82% |
| Aldershot | 7.5 km | 52% | 86% |
| Oakhurst | 7.5 km | 41% | 80% |
| Tinana South | 8.2 km | 54% | 56% |