Peregian Beach flood map & planning overlays
Peregian Beach is Noosa Shire's youngest suburb, median age 42, on 562 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Peregian Beach
(Noosa Shire, QLD) - 9.74 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
9.74 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Peregian Beach'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 Peregian Beach properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,187 analysed Peregian Beach properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,187 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Peregian Beach.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Peregian Beach
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 4,000 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.
Peregian Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Peregian Beach
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: 0.14 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.14 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 Peregian Beach is zoned
Selling in Peregian Beach? 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 9.74 km², Peregian Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 562 m² across 2,382 parcels.
Who lives in Peregian Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Peregian Beach 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 1064, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Peregian Beach's 4,972 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Peregian Beach - Marcus Beach, the wider ABS statistical area containing Peregian Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Peregian Beach itself.
3,414 in 2001 to 4,374 in 2025, up 28%.
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.
Peregian Beach 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 |
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 Peregian Beach 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 97% of Peregian Beach. 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 Peregian Beach. 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 Peregian Beach lot.
Peregian Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Peregian Beach flood-prone?
About 18% of Peregian Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 28%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 2,187 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 12 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Peregian Beach; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Peregian Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of Peregian Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Noosa Shire average of 76%.
Is Peregian Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 97% of Peregian Beach, and over about 97% 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 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 7 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 Peregian Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Peregian Beach is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Rural.
Does Peregian Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Peregian Beach.
Is Peregian Beach hilly or flat?
Peregian Beach is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 25% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 38 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Peregian Beach?
Across 2,382 surveyed parcels in Peregian Beach, the median lot size is about 562 m². There are also 53 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Peregian Beach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Peregian Beach itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Peregian Beach?
At the 2021 Census Peregian Beach had 4,972 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Peregian Beach - Marcus Beach statistical area, which contains Peregian Beach, went from 3,414 people in 2001 to 4,374 in 2025, up 28%.
Is Peregian Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Peregian Beach scores 1064 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 Peregian Beach?
Median household income in Peregian Beach was $1,896 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,602 for the typical suburb in Noosa Shire. Median rent was $500 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peregian Beach Sunshine Coast Regional |
2.7 km | 24% | 60% |
| Peregian Springs Sunshine Coast Regional |
2.9 km | 18% | 31% |
| Marcus Beach | 2.9 km | 8% | 97% |
| Castaways Beach | 4.8 km | 6% | 95% |
| Weyba Downs Sunshine Coast Regional |
5.0 km | 15% | 72% |
| Noosaville | 6.2 km | 69% | 42% |
| Coolum Beach Sunshine Coast Regional |
6.7 km | 79% | 55% |
| Sunrise Beach | 6.7 km | 1% | 41% |
| Verrierdale Sunshine Coast Regional |
7.1 km | 31% | 70% |
| Doonan | 7.8 km | 13% | 96% |