Mount Marlow flood map & planning overlays
Mount Marlow is young for the region, median age 39.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Marlow
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 8.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
8.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Marlow'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 Mount Marlow
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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 Marlow at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Marlow
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: 5.71 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.61 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 Mount Marlow address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Mount Marlow is zoned
Selling in Mount Marlow? 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 8.63 km², Mount Marlow is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 42% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 19,995 m² across 80 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Marlow
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Marlow 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 962, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Marlow's 161 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Marlow. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Marlow itself.
7,033 in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
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 Marlow 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 Marlow 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 3% of Mount Marlow. 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 Mount Marlow. 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 Mount Marlow lot.
Mount Marlow planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Marlow flood-prone?
About 42% of Mount Marlow falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Marlow; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mount Marlow bushfire-prone?
Around 22% of Mount Marlow is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 34%.
Is Mount Marlow under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Mount Marlow, and over about 69% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 7,500 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 Mount Marlow?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Marlow is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Rural residential.
Does Mount Marlow have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Marlow.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Marlow?
Across 80 surveyed parcels in Mount Marlow, the median lot size is about 19,995 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mount Marlow have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mount Marlow itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Mount Marlow?
At the 2021 Census Mount Marlow had 161 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Proserpine statistical area, which contains Mount Marlow, went from 7,033 people in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
Is Mount Marlow an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Marlow scores 962 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 Marlow?
Median household income in Mount Marlow was $2,083 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Julian | 3.6 km | 53% | <1% |
| Strathdickie | 3.8 km | 31% | 7% |
| Sugarloaf | 4.2 km | 8% | 31% |
| Cannon Valley | 4.3 km | 42% | 41% |
| Brandy Creek | 5.4 km | <1% | 21% |
| Preston | 6.3 km | 61% | 11% |
| Hamilton Plains | 6.4 km | 99% | 32% |
| Glen Isla | 7.4 km | 99% | 2% |
| Riordanvale | 7.5 km | 6% | 27% |
| Palm Grove | 8.5 km | 16% | 3% |