Mount Coolon flood map & planning overlays
Mount Coolon's $2,250 weekly household income is 3rd in Whitsunday Regional.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Coolon
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 6080.91 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6080.91 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Coolon's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mount Coolon
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 7,500 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.
Mount Coolon at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Coolon
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: 30.51 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 30.51 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 Mount Coolon is zoned
Selling in Mount Coolon? 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 6080.91 km², Mount Coolon is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 55% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 121,678 m² across 347 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Coolon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Coolon 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 960, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Coolon's 172 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Collinsville, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Coolon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Coolon itself.
4,111 in 2001 to 4,008 in 2025, down 3%.
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.
Mount Coolon 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 Mount Coolon 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Coolon. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Mount Coolon lot.
Mount Coolon planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Coolon flood-prone?
About 55% of Mount Coolon falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Coolon; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mount Coolon bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of Mount Coolon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 34%.
Is Mount Coolon under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Mount Coolon in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Mount Coolon?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Coolon is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Local centre.
Does Mount Coolon have heritage-listed places?
Mount Coolon has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Coolon?
Across 347 surveyed parcels in Mount Coolon, the median lot size is about 121,678 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Coolon?
At the 2021 Census Mount Coolon had 172 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 4.0 people. The wider Collinsville statistical area, which contains Mount Coolon, went from 4,111 people in 2001 to 4,008 in 2025, down 3%.
Is Mount Coolon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Coolon scores 960 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Coolon?
Median household income in Mount Coolon was $2,250 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands | 71.4 km | 42% | 52% |
| Mount Wyatt | 71.9 km | 42% | 78% |
| Springlands | 92.8 km | 49% | 62% |
| Scottville | 94.0 km | 44% | 38% |
| Collinsville | 97.0 km | 36% | 29% |
| Eungella Dam Mackay Regional |
106.5 km | 24% | 83% |
| Eungella Mackay Regional |
116.6 km | 19% | 39% |
| Eungella Hinterland Mackay Regional |
117.1 km | 21% | 89% |
| Broken River Mackay Regional |
118.8 km | 26% | 44% |
| Bogie | 120.4 km | 41% | 82% |