Oxenford flood map & planning overlays
12,273 residents call Oxenford home, most on 655 m² blocks with an 8.2% slope.
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A planning-constraint profile of Oxenford
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 13.92 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
13.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Oxenford'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 Oxenford properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 5,559 analysed Oxenford properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 5,559 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Oxenford.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Oxenford
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: observed, lowest 8,500 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.
Oxenford at a glance
Schools in and near Oxenford
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
2 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.96 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 Oxenford is zoned
Selling in Oxenford? 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 13.92 km², Oxenford is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 42% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Open space. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 655 m² across 5,635 parcels.
Recent development applications in Oxenford
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public City of Gold Coast register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 5 November 2026.
Previous 12 months: 26 (19% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 6
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 Oxenford
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Oxenford 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 991, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Oxenford's 12,273 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Oxenford - Maudsland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Oxenford. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Oxenford itself.
8,363 in 2001 to 19,732 in 2025, up 136%.
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.
Oxenford 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 | City of Gold Coast |
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 Oxenford 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 100% of Oxenford. 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 Oxenford. 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 Oxenford lot.
Oxenford planning - frequently asked
Is Oxenford flood-prone?
About 30% of Oxenford falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%. Across the suburb, 27% of the 5,559 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 884 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Oxenford; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Oxenford bushfire-prone?
Around 42% of Oxenford is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Oxenford under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Oxenford, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 20 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 Oxenford?
The dominant planning zone in Oxenford is Open space, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Extractive industry.
Does Oxenford have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Oxenford.
Is Oxenford hilly or flat?
Oxenford is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 13% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 68 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Oxenford?
Across 5,635 surveyed parcels in Oxenford, the median lot size is about 655 m². There are also 1,461 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Oxenford have a train station?
There is no train station inside Oxenford itself. The suburb is served by 43 bus stops.
What is the population of Oxenford?
At the 2021 Census Oxenford had 12,273 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Oxenford - Maudsland statistical area, which contains Oxenford, went from 8,363 people in 2001 to 19,732 in 2025, up 136%.
Is Oxenford an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Oxenford scores 991 and sits in decile 6 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 Oxenford?
Median household income in Oxenford was $1,832 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $435 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helensvale | 3.0 km | 55% | 31% |
| Upper Coomera | 3.1 km | 14% | 62% |
| Pacific Pines | 4.3 km | 3% | 52% |
| Maudsland | 5.0 km | 18% | 75% |
| Gaven | 6.2 km | 3% | 90% |
| Coombabah | 6.3 km | 73% | 61% |
| Coomera | 6.4 km | 41% | 72% |
| Hope Island | 6.6 km | 68% | 21% |
| Wongawallan | 7.2 km | 5% | 95% |
| Arundel | 7.2 km | 27% | 56% |