Pimpama QLD 4209 flood map & planning overlays
24,601 residents, 8 schools and a median age of 29, joint youngest in Gold Coast City. Young, and plentiful.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Pimpama
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 41.38 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
41.38 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pimpama'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 Pimpama properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 9,972 analysed Pimpama properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 9,972 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Pimpama.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Pimpama
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 1,000 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.
Pimpama at a glance
Schools in and near Pimpama
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
6 schools providing primary years and 4 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 Pimpama is zoned
Selling in Pimpama? 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 41.38 km², Pimpama is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 52% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 74% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 406 m² across 10,435 parcels.
Recent development applications in Pimpama
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: 6 November 2026.
Previous 12 months: 58 (62% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 22
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 Pimpama
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pimpama 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 974, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pimpama's 24,601 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Pimpama - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pimpama. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pimpama itself.
1,281 in 2001 to 13,841 in 2025, up 980%.
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.
Pimpama 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 Pimpama 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 Pimpama. 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 Pimpama. 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 Pimpama lot.
Pimpama planning - frequently asked
Is Pimpama flood-prone?
About 52% of Pimpama falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%. Across the suburb, 16% of the 9,972 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1346 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Pimpama; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Pimpama bushfire-prone?
Around 74% of Pimpama is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Pimpama under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Pimpama, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 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 Pimpama?
The dominant planning zone in Pimpama is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Medium density residential.
Does Pimpama have heritage-listed places?
Pimpama has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Pimpama hilly or flat?
Pimpama is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 54 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Pimpama?
Across 10,435 surveyed parcels in Pimpama, the median lot size is about 406 m². There are also 1,675 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Pimpama have a train station?
Yes - Pimpama has 1 train station: Ormeau station. It is also served by 24 bus stops.
What is the population of Pimpama?
At the 2021 Census Pimpama had 24,601 usual residents, with a median age of 29 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Pimpama - North statistical area, which contains Pimpama, went from 1,281 people in 2001 to 13,841 in 2025, up 980%.
Is Pimpama an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pimpama scores 974 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Pimpama?
Median household income in Pimpama was $1,863 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $440 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,978 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwell | 3.9 km | 97% | 11% |
| Coomera | 4.3 km | 41% | 72% |
| Jacobs Well | 4.8 km | 82% | 24% |
| Willow Vale | 7.0 km | 6% | 94% |
| Hope Island | 7.5 km | 68% | 21% |
| Ormeau | 7.7 km | 19% | 40% |
| Upper Coomera | 8.1 km | 14% | 62% |
| Steiglitz | 8.1 km | 98% | 13% |
| Ormeau Hills | 8.5 km | 6% | 87% |
| Kingsholme | 8.7 km | 5% | 94% |