Mount Gipps flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Gipps
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 15.65 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
15.65 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Gipps's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Gipps properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 21 Mount Gipps properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 21 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Gipps.
Mount Gipps flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 21 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Mount Gipps; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
15 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 15
Source: Scenic Rim Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Mount Gipps at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Gipps
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: 10.26 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 27.42 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 Gipps is zoned
Selling in Mount Gipps? 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 15.65 km², Mount Gipps is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 89% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 105,142 m² across 39 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Gipps
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Gipps 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 933, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaudesert, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Gipps. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Gipps itself.
9,977 in 2001 to 16,642 in 2025, up 67%.
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 Gipps 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 Mount Gipps 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.
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 Mount Gipps lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Gipps planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Gipps flood-prone?
About 3% of Mount Gipps falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 71% of the 21 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 15 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Gipps bushfire-prone?
Around 89% of Mount Gipps is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Mount Gipps?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Gipps is Rural, though the suburb also includes National Parks and Nature Reserves and Conservation.
Does Mount Gipps have heritage-listed places?
Mount Gipps has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Mount Gipps hilly or flat?
Mount Gipps is steep: the median ground slope is about 30%, and 76% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 238 m to 557 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Gipps?
Across 39 surveyed parcels in Mount Gipps, the median lot size is about 105,142 m².
Is Mount Gipps an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Gipps scores 933 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinghee Creek | 4.9 km | 0% | 66% |
| Lamington | 6.2 km | 4% | 86% |
| Hillview | 10.4 km | 6% | 71% |
| Darlington | 11.6 km | 6% | 74% |
| Running Creek | 11.9 km | 6% | 70% |
| Southern Lamington | 12.2 km | <1% | 45% |
| Oaky Creek | 14.8 km | 4% | 63% |
| Christmas Creek | 15.8 km | 14% | 66% |
| O'Reilly | 17.1 km | 1% | 44% |
| Innisplain | 19.2 km | 36% | 42% |