Mooloo flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mooloo
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 23.35 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
23.35 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mooloo's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Mooloo at a glance
Schools in and near Mooloo
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: 4.94 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.51 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 Mooloo is zoned
Selling in Mooloo? 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 23.35 km², Mooloo is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 25% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 46% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 55,423 m² across 104 parcels.
Who lives in Mooloo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mooloo 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 967, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mooloo's 171 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mooloo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mooloo itself.
14,915 in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
Mooloo 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 |
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 Mooloo 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 Mooloo. 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 an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Mooloo lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mooloo planning - frequently asked
Is Mooloo flood-prone?
About 25% of Mooloo falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Mooloo bushfire-prone?
Around 46% of Mooloo is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Mooloo?
The dominant planning zone in Mooloo is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Community Purposes.
Does Mooloo have heritage-listed places?
Mooloo has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mooloo?
Across 104 surveyed parcels in Mooloo, the median lot size is about 55,423 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mooloo?
At the 2021 Census Mooloo had 171 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains Mooloo, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Mooloo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mooloo scores 967 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mooloo?
Median household income in Mooloo was $1,390 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $275 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,867 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langshaw | 3.3 km | 24% | 59% |
| Calico Creek | 3.4 km | 19% | 53% |
| McIntosh Creek | 4.9 km | 22% | 65% |
| Dagun | 5.8 km | 35% | 49% |
| Long Flat | 5.9 km | 36% | 45% |
| Gilldora | 6.4 km | 49% | 41% |
| Marys Creek | 6.6 km | 28% | 49% |
| Pie Creek | 7.4 km | 37% | 67% |
| Lagoon Pocket | 7.5 km | 61% | 39% |
| Jones Hill | 8.3 km | 48% | 50% |