Mount Tom flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Tom
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 275.81 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
275.81 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Tom's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Mount Tom at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Tom
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: 3.24 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.24 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 Tom is zoned
Selling in Mount Tom? 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 275.81 km², Mount Tom is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 89% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 572,333 m² across 97 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Tom
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Tom 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 883, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Agnes Water - Miriam Vale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Tom. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Tom itself.
4,398 in 2001 to 8,267 in 2025, up 88%.
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 Tom 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 12 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 Tom 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Mount Tom lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Tom planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Tom flood-prone?
About 34% of Mount Tom falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Mount Tom bushfire-prone?
Around 89% of Mount Tom is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
What is the zoning in Mount Tom?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Tom is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Special Purpose.
Does Mount Tom have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Tom.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Tom?
Across 97 surveyed parcels in Mount Tom, the median lot size is about 572,333 m². There are also 36 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Mount Tom an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Tom scores 883 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miriam Vale | 10.0 km | 53% | 84% |
| Captain Creek | 12.9 km | 36% | 92% |
| Colosseum | 15.9 km | 43% | 81% |
| Taunton | 16.4 km | 43% | 70% |
| Bororen | 19.0 km | 41% | 70% |
| Round Hill | 20.3 km | 45% | 85% |
| Oyster Creek | 23.7 km | 47% | 88% |
| Eurimbula | 24.4 km | 53% | 61% |
| Mount Maria | 26.2 km | 50% | 90% |
| Rodds Bay | 26.8 km | 45% | 67% |