Moffat Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Moffat Beach
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 1.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.36 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Moffat Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Moffat Beach properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,793 Moffat Beach properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,793 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Moffat Beach.
Moffat Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Moffat Beach
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: 0.02 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.34 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 Moffat Beach is zoned
Selling in Moffat Beach? 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 1.36 km², Moffat Beach is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 7% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 556 m² across 1,803 parcels.
Recent development applications in Moffat Beach
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: 15 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 11 (36% higher 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 Moffat Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Moffat Beach 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 1024, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Moffat Beach's 2,691 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moffat Beach - Battery Hill, the wider ABS statistical area containing Moffat Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Moffat Beach itself.
7,539 in 2001 to 8,303 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.
Moffat Beach 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 Moffat Beach 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 Moffat Beach. 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 Moffat Beach lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Moffat Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Moffat Beach flood-prone?
About 6% of Moffat Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 8% of the 1,793 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 121 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Moffat Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 7% of Moffat Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Moffat Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Moffat Beach is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Low Impact Industry and Environmental Management and Conservation.
Does Moffat Beach have heritage-listed places?
Moffat Beach has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Moffat Beach hilly or flat?
Moffat Beach is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 37 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Moffat Beach?
Across 1,803 surveyed parcels in Moffat Beach, the median lot size is about 556 m². There are also 121 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Moffat Beach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Moffat Beach itself. The suburb is served by 12 bus stops.
What is the population of Moffat Beach?
At the 2021 Census Moffat Beach had 2,691 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Moffat Beach - Battery Hill statistical area, which contains Moffat Beach, went from 7,539 people in 2001 to 8,303 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Moffat Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Moffat Beach scores 1024 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Moffat Beach?
Median household income in Moffat Beach was $1,639 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caloundra | 1.0 km | 13% | 11% |
| Shelly Beach | 1.0 km | 9% | 2% |
| Dicky Beach | 1.1 km | 8% | 10% |
| Kings Beach | 1.2 km | 1% | <1% |
| Battery Hill | 1.7 km | 12% | 3% |
| Aroona | 2.3 km | 3% | 19% |
| Currimundi | 3.1 km | 38% | 9% |
| Golden Beach | 3.8 km | 71% | 2% |
| Caloundra West | 3.8 km | 46% | 48% |
| Little Mountain | 4.2 km | 10% | 23% |