Mothar Mountain flood map & planning overlays
80.4% bushfire-mapped. Mothar Mountain lives up to its wooded name on paper.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mothar Mountain
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 57.97 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
57.97 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mothar Mountain's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mothar Mountain
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Mothar Mountain at a glance
Schools in and near Mothar Mountain
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 0.83 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.73 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Mothar Mountain address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Mothar Mountain is zoned
Selling in Mothar Mountain? 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 57.97 km², Mothar Mountain is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 80% 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 41,484 m² across 298 parcels.
Who lives in Mothar Mountain
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mothar Mountain 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 915, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mothar Mountain's 563 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mothar Mountain. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mothar Mountain 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.
Mothar Mountain 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Mothar Mountain 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 27% of Mothar Mountain. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Mothar Mountain. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Mothar Mountain lot.
Mothar Mountain planning - frequently asked
Is Mothar Mountain flood-prone?
About 34% of Mothar Mountain falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Mothar Mountain; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mothar Mountain bushfire-prone?
Around 80% of Mothar Mountain is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Mothar Mountain under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 27% of Mothar Mountain, and over about 60% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Mothar Mountain?
The dominant planning zone in Mothar Mountain is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management And Conservation and Limited Development (Constrained Land).
Does Mothar Mountain have heritage-listed places?
Mothar Mountain has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mothar Mountain?
Across 298 surveyed parcels in Mothar Mountain, the median lot size is about 41,484 m². There are also 73 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mothar Mountain?
At the 2021 Census Mothar Mountain had 563 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains Mothar Mountain, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Mothar Mountain an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mothar Mountain scores 915 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mothar Mountain?
Median household income in Mothar Mountain was $1,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $315 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,512 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tandur | 4.0 km | 43% | 82% |
| Cedar Pocket | 5.5 km | 26% | 82% |
| Woondum | 6.8 km | 54% | 88% |
| Kin Kin Noosa Shire |
7.5 km | 12% | 81% |
| Traveston | 7.7 km | 37% | 74% |
| Beenaam Valley | 8.0 km | 21% | 95% |
| Pinbarren Noosa Shire |
8.8 km | 33% | 54% |
| Neusa Vale | 8.8 km | 38% | 77% |
| Cooran Noosa Shire |
8.9 km | 32% | 71% |
| Kybong | 9.1 km | 61% | 60% |