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Noosa Heads flood map & planning overlays
Noosa Heads: 5,120 residents, 21 bus stops and $550 rents, all 3rd in the shire.
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A planning-constraint profile of Noosa Heads
(Noosa Shire, QLD) - 13.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
13.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Noosa Heads'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Noosa Heads properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 5,540 analysed Noosa Heads properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 5,540 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Noosa Heads.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Noosa Heads
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 1 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.
Noosa Heads at a glance
Schools in and near Noosa Heads
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: 0.11 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.21 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 Noosa Heads address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Noosa Heads is zoned
Selling in Noosa Heads? 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 13.03 km², Noosa Heads is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 25% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 67% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 659 m² across 5,852 parcels.
Who lives in Noosa Heads
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Noosa Heads 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 1063, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Noosa Heads's 5,120 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Noosa Heads, the wider ABS statistical area containing Noosa Heads. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Noosa Heads itself.
3,785 in 2001 to 5,319 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Noosa Heads 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 Noosa Heads 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 94% of Noosa Heads. 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 Noosa Heads. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$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 Noosa Heads lot.
Noosa Heads planning - frequently asked
Is Noosa Heads flood-prone?
About 25% of Noosa Heads falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 28%. Across the suburb, 32% of the 5,540 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1786 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Noosa Heads; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Noosa Heads bushfire-prone?
Around 67% of Noosa Heads is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Noosa Shire average of 76%.
Is Noosa Heads under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 94% of Noosa Heads, and over about 98% 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 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Noosa Heads?
The dominant planning zone in Noosa Heads is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Recreation and Open Space.
Does Noosa Heads have heritage-listed places?
Noosa Heads has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Noosa Heads hilly or flat?
Noosa Heads is hilly: the median ground slope is about 10%, and 26% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 71 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Noosa Heads?
Across 5,852 surveyed parcels in Noosa Heads, the median lot size is about 659 m². There are also 526 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Noosa Heads have a train station?
There is no train station inside Noosa Heads itself. The suburb is served by 21 bus stops.
What is the population of Noosa Heads?
At the 2021 Census Noosa Heads had 5,120 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Noosa Heads statistical area, which contains Noosa Heads, went from 3,785 people in 2001 to 5,319 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Noosa Heads an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Noosa Heads scores 1063 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Noosa Heads?
Median household income in Noosa Heads was $1,843 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,602 for the typical suburb in Noosa Shire. Median rent was $550 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Beach | 1.5 km | <1% | 27% |
| Sunrise Beach | 2.1 km | 1% | 41% |
| Castaways Beach | 3.7 km | 6% | 95% |
| Noosaville | 4.3 km | 69% | 42% |
| Marcus Beach | 5.4 km | 8% | 97% |
| Weyba Downs Sunshine Coast Regional |
7.2 km | 15% | 72% |
| Tewantin | 7.5 km | 30% | 77% |
| Doonan | 7.6 km | 13% | 96% |
| Peregian Beach | 8.3 km | 18% | 93% |
| Peregian Beach Sunshine Coast Regional |
8.7 km | 24% | 60% |