North Maleny flood map & planning overlays
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 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across North Maleny properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 422 North Maleny properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
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.
North Maleny at a glance
Schools in and near North Maleny
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: 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 6,519 m² across 437 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
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 20 September 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 |
| 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 19 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 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.
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 (+$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 North Maleny lot.
See what's in the $9 report →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.
Is North Maleny bushfire-prone?
Around 41% of North Maleny is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
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 437 surveyed parcels in North Maleny, the median lot size is about 6,519 m². There are also 100 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% |