Molendinar flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Molendinar
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 7.67 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
7.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Molendinar's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Molendinar properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,590 Molendinar properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,590 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Molendinar.
Molendinar at a glance
Schools in and near Molendinar
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
1 school providing primary years and 1 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 Molendinar is zoned
Selling in Molendinar? 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 7.67 km², Molendinar is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 40% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Special purpose. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 640 m² across 3,556 parcels.
Recent development applications in Molendinar
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: 3 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 29 (38% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 9
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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Molendinar
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Molendinar 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 991, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Molendinar's 6,450 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Molendinar, the wider ABS statistical area containing Molendinar. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Molendinar itself.
3,608 in 2001 to 6,707 in 2025, up 86%.
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.
Molendinar 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 | City of Gold Coast |
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 Molendinar 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 Molendinar. 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 Molendinar lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Molendinar planning - frequently asked
Is Molendinar flood-prone?
About 5% of Molendinar falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 38%. Across the suburb, 7% of the 3,590 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 217 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Molendinar bushfire-prone?
Around 40% of Molendinar is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Molendinar?
The dominant planning zone in Molendinar is Special purpose, though the suburb also includes Low impact industry and Low density residential.
Does Molendinar have heritage-listed places?
Molendinar has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Molendinar hilly or flat?
Molendinar is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 10 m to 57 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Molendinar?
Across 3,556 surveyed parcels in Molendinar, the median lot size is about 640 m². There are also 835 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Molendinar have a train station?
There is no train station inside Molendinar itself. The suburb is served by 27 bus stops.
What is the population of Molendinar?
At the 2021 Census Molendinar had 6,450 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Molendinar statistical area, which contains Molendinar, went from 3,608 people in 2001 to 6,707 in 2025, up 86%.
Is Molendinar an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Molendinar scores 991 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 Molendinar?
Median household income in Molendinar was $1,767 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,850 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore | 1.9 km | 11% | 12% |
| Parkwood | 2.1 km | 18% | 46% |
| Arundel | 3.7 km | 27% | 56% |
| Gaven | 3.8 km | 3% | 90% |
| Southport | 3.8 km | 28% | 25% |
| Benowa | 4.8 km | 57% | 6% |
| Labrador | 4.9 km | 50% | 9% |
| Nerang | 4.9 km | 14% | 82% |
| Carrara | 5.3 km | 70% | 33% |
| Highland Park | 5.4 km | 2% | 52% |