Palmview flood map & planning overlays
Palmview is the Sunshine Coast's youngest suburb, median age 29, on 359 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Palmview
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 18.57 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Estate in Palmview
Palmview includes the Harmony estate. The figures on this page cover all of Palmview, not one estate. For a lot in Harmony, enter its address above to check that lot's own flood cover and overlays.
Constraint readout
18.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Palmview'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 Palmview properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 4,895 analysed Palmview properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 4,895 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Palmview.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Palmview
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 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.
Palmview at a glance
Schools in and near Palmview
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
1 school providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Palmview is zoned
Selling in Palmview? 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 18.57 km², Palmview is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 39% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Emerging Community. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 359 m² across 3,811 parcels.
Recent development applications in Palmview
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: 1 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 5 (0% higher in the latest period).
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 Palmview
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Palmview 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 1061, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Palmview's 5,236 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Landsborough, the wider ABS statistical area containing Palmview. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Palmview itself.
7,248 in 2001 to 21,628 in 2025, up 198%.
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.
Palmview 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 Palmview 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 95% of Palmview. 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 Palmview. 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 Palmview lot.
Palmview planning - frequently asked
Is Palmview flood-prone?
About 37% of Palmview falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 3% of the 4,895 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 79 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Palmview; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Palmview bushfire-prone?
Around 39% of Palmview is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Palmview under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 95% of Palmview, and over about 100% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Palmview?
The dominant planning zone in Palmview is Emerging Community, though the suburb also includes Rural and Environmental Management and Conservation.
Does Palmview have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Palmview.
Is Palmview hilly or flat?
Palmview is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 8 m to 55 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Palmview?
Across 3,811 surveyed parcels in Palmview, the median lot size is about 359 m². There are also 333 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Palmview have a train station?
There is no train station inside Palmview itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Palmview?
At the 2021 Census Palmview had 5,236 usual residents, with a median age of 29 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Landsborough statistical area, which contains Palmview, went from 7,248 people in 2001 to 21,628 in 2025, up 198%.
Is Palmview an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Palmview scores 1061 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 Palmview?
Median household income in Palmview was $2,306 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $510 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sippy Downs | 3.5 km | 44% | 56% |
| Meridan Plains | 3.6 km | 71% | 28% |
| Tanawha | 3.8 km | 17% | 64% |
| Glenview | 4.0 km | 31% | 52% |
| Corbould Park | 5.5 km | 30% | 58% |
| Little Mountain | 5.8 km | 10% | 23% |
| Ilkley | 6.0 km | 5% | 78% |
| Birtinya | 6.0 km | 86% | 40% |
| Buderim | 6.9 km | 17% | 40% |
| Mons | 6.9 km | 4% | 39% |