North Maleny flood map & planning overlays
The oldest suburb on the Sunshine Coast: North Maleny, median age 61.
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A planning-constraint profile of North Maleny
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 23.24 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
23.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North Maleny'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 North Maleny properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 422 analysed North Maleny properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 422 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in North Maleny.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over North Maleny
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: observed, lowest 2,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
North Maleny at a glance
Schools in and near North Maleny
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: 0.21 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.39 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 North Maleny is zoned
Selling in North Maleny? 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 23.24 km², North Maleny is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 35% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 41% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 6,511 m² across 438 parcels.
Recent development applications in North Maleny
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 4 November 2026.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in North Maleny
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North Maleny 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 1040, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of North Maleny's 710 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Caloundra Hinterland, the wider ABS statistical area containing North Maleny. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North Maleny itself.
7,344 in 2001 to 9,352 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
North Maleny 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 North Maleny 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 55% of North Maleny. 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 North Maleny. 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a North Maleny lot.
North Maleny planning - frequently asked
Is North Maleny flood-prone?
About 35% of North Maleny falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 16% of the 422 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 60 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of North Maleny; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is North Maleny bushfire-prone?
Around 41% of North Maleny is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is North Maleny under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 55% of North Maleny, and over about 96% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 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 North Maleny?
The dominant planning zone in North Maleny is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Rural Residential.
Does North Maleny have heritage-listed places?
North Maleny has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is North Maleny hilly or flat?
North Maleny is hilly: the median ground slope is about 14%, and 47% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 211 m to 452 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in North Maleny?
Across 438 surveyed parcels in North Maleny, the median lot size is about 6,511 m². There are also 101 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of North Maleny?
At the 2021 Census North Maleny had 710 usual residents, with a median age of 61 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Caloundra Hinterland statistical area, which contains North Maleny, went from 7,344 people in 2001 to 9,352 in 2025, up 27%.
Is North Maleny an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Maleny scores 1040 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in North Maleny?
Median household income in North Maleny was $1,608 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,701 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balmoral Ridge | 3.0 km | 15% | 49% |
| Maleny | 4.2 km | 24% | 23% |
| Montville | 4.2 km | 14% | 68% |
| Witta | 4.3 km | 18% | 33% |
| Landers Shoot | 6.2 km | <1% | 73% |
| Eudlo | 7.2 km | 8% | 65% |
| Diamond Valley | 7.4 km | 5% | 67% |
| Reesville | 7.6 km | 18% | 37% |
| Bald Knob | 7.6 km | 1% | 31% |
| Hunchy | 7.6 km | 1% | 43% |