Mooloolaba flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mooloolaba
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 3.97 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
3.97 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mooloolaba's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mooloolaba properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 6,773 Mooloolaba properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 6,773 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mooloolaba.
Mooloolaba at a glance
Schools in and near Mooloolaba
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.35 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 Mooloolaba is zoned
Selling in Mooloolaba? 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 3.97 km², Mooloolaba is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 52% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 3% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 607 m² across 6,977 parcels.
Recent development applications in Mooloolaba
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: 1 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 9 (233% 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 Mooloolaba
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mooloolaba 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 1008, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mooloolaba's 8,202 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mooloolaba. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mooloolaba itself.
10,525 in 2001 to 13,101 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Mooloolaba 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 Mooloolaba 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 Mooloolaba. 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 Mooloolaba lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mooloolaba planning - frequently asked
Is Mooloolaba flood-prone?
About 52% of Mooloolaba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 52% of the 6,773 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1397 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mooloolaba bushfire-prone?
Around 3% of Mooloolaba is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Mooloolaba?
The dominant planning zone in Mooloolaba is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Medium Density Residential and No.
Does Mooloolaba have heritage-listed places?
Mooloolaba has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Mooloolaba hilly or flat?
Mooloolaba is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 30 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mooloolaba?
Across 6,977 surveyed parcels in Mooloolaba, the median lot size is about 607 m². There are also 231 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mooloolaba have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mooloolaba itself. The suburb is served by 31 bus stops.
What is the population of Mooloolaba?
At the 2021 Census Mooloolaba had 8,202 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland statistical area, which contains Mooloolaba, went from 10,525 people in 2001 to 13,101 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Mooloolaba an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mooloolaba scores 1008 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mooloolaba?
Median household income in Mooloolaba was $1,506 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 $1,762 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minyama | 1.5 km | 63% | 0% |
| Mountain Creek | 2.0 km | 48% | 24% |
| Alexandra Headland | 2.1 km | 13% | 4% |
| Buddina | 2.2 km | 42% | <1% |
| Parrearra | 3.0 km | 55% | 2% |
| Warana | 4.3 km | 52% | 11% |
| Maroochydore | 4.4 km | 67% | 4% |
| Buderim | 4.5 km | 17% | 40% |
| Sippy Downs | 5.7 km | 44% | 56% |
| Bokarina | 6.2 km | 50% | 6% |