Monsildale flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Monsildale
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 329.22 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
329.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Monsildale's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Monsildale at a glance
Schools in and near Monsildale
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: 4.29 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 18.22 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 Monsildale is zoned
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Monsildale, so this page can't show its zone mix. That is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning - every lot in Monsildale sits in a zone under the Somerset Regional planning scheme, and Somerset Regional is the authority to check it with. The other overlays on this page are unaffected.
Across its 329.22 km², Monsildale is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 73% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record. The median lot measures about 511,576 m² across 184 parcels.
Who lives in Monsildale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Monsildale 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 943, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilcoy, the wider ABS statistical area containing Monsildale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Monsildale itself.
4,029 in 2001 to 6,216 in 2025, up 54%.
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.
Monsildale 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 | Not 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 |
Profile last materially updated 12 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 Monsildale 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Monsildale lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Monsildale planning - frequently asked
Is Monsildale flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Monsildale and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%).
Is Monsildale bushfire-prone?
Around 73% of Monsildale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
What is the zoning in Monsildale?
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Monsildale, so this page can't say how it is zoned - that is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning. Somerset Regional publishes the zone maps for this area.
Does Monsildale have heritage-listed places?
Monsildale has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Monsildale?
Across 184 surveyed parcels in Monsildale, the median lot size is about 511,576 m². There are also 6 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Monsildale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Monsildale scores 943 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Vale | 11.2 km | Not mapped | 90% |
| Jimna | 11.3 km | 22% | 71% |
| Kingaham | 17.6 km | 26% | 88% |
| Sheep Station Creek | 19.6 km | Not mapped | 67% |
| Linville | 19.6 km | Not mapped | 66% |
| Mount Stanley | 22.8 km | 1% | 72% |
| Kenilworth Sunshine Coast Regional |
23.3 km | 25% | 59% |
| Lake Borumba Gympie Regional |
23.3 km | 27% | 92% |
| Moore | 23.7 km | 0% | 65% |
| Mount Kilcoy | 24.4 km | Not mapped | 59% |