Nindooinbah flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Nindooinbah
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 54.78 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
54.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nindooinbah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Nindooinbah properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 89 Nindooinbah properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 89 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Nindooinbah.
Nindooinbah flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 89 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Nindooinbah; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
56 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 56
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.
Nindooinbah at a glance
Schools in and near Nindooinbah
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: 2.83 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.98 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 Nindooinbah is zoned
Selling in Nindooinbah? 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 54.78 km², Nindooinbah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 55% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 368,900 m² across 91 parcels.
Who lives in Nindooinbah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nindooinbah 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 984, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Nindooinbah's 95 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaudesert, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nindooinbah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nindooinbah 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.
Nindooinbah 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 Nindooinbah 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 Nindooinbah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Nindooinbah planning - frequently asked
Is Nindooinbah flood-prone?
About 21% of Nindooinbah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 63% of the 89 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 54 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Nindooinbah bushfire-prone?
Around 55% of Nindooinbah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Nindooinbah?
The dominant planning zone in Nindooinbah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low-medium Density Residential.
Does Nindooinbah have heritage-listed places?
Nindooinbah has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Nindooinbah hilly or flat?
Nindooinbah is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 16% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 74 m to 289 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Nindooinbah?
Across 91 surveyed parcels in Nindooinbah, the median lot size is about 368,900 m². There are also 11 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Nindooinbah?
At the 2021 Census Nindooinbah had 95 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Beaudesert statistical area, which contains Nindooinbah, went from 9,977 people in 2001 to 16,642 in 2025, up 67%.
Is Nindooinbah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nindooinbah scores 984 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Nindooinbah?
Median household income in Nindooinbah was $1,208 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Scenic Rim Regional. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canungra | 6.7 km | 9% | 84% |
| Tabragalba | 6.7 km | 27% | 40% |
| Biddaddaba | 7.0 km | 6% | 74% |
| Kerry | 7.5 km | 9% | 66% |
| Ferny Glen | 8.4 km | 11% | 74% |
| Sarabah | 8.7 km | 8% | 85% |
| Cryna | 9.0 km | <1% | 49% |
| Beaudesert | 9.9 km | 19% | 41% |
| Benobble | 10.6 km | 11% | 88% |
| Cainbable | 10.7 km | 3% | 84% |