Oakview flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Oakview
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 77.07 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
77.07 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Oakview's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Oakview at a glance
Schools in and near Oakview
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: 3.35 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.38 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 Oakview is zoned
Selling in Oakview? 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 77.07 km², Oakview is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 66% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 223,721 m² across 71 parcels.
Who lives in Oakview
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Oakview 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 894, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilkivan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Oakview. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Oakview itself.
3,024 in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Oakview 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 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 Oakview 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 Oakview. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Oakview lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Oakview planning - frequently asked
Is Oakview flood-prone?
About 37% of Oakview falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Oakview bushfire-prone?
Around 66% of Oakview is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Oakview?
The dominant planning zone in Oakview is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management And Conservation and Community Purposes.
Does Oakview have heritage-listed places?
Oakview has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Oakview?
Across 71 surveyed parcels in Oakview, the median lot size is about 223,721 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Oakview an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Oakview scores 894 and sits in decile 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkivan | 8.8 km | 45% | 62% |
| Black Snake | 9.3 km | 36% | 89% |
| Woolooga | 11.8 km | 42% | 71% |
| Lower Wonga | 14.3 km | 49% | 41% |
| Cinnabar | 14.7 km | 44% | 58% |
| Widgee | 15.9 km | 39% | 75% |
| Sexton | 16.3 km | 54% | 71% |
| Mudlo | 19.1 km | 33% | 79% |
| Kinbombi | 21.0 km | 39% | 69% |
| Wrattens Forest | 21.8 km | 35% | 86% |