Pin Gin Hill flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Pin Gin Hill
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 17.0 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
17.0 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pin Gin Hill's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Pin Gin Hill at a glance
Schools in and near Pin Gin Hill
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: 2.93 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.29 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 Pin Gin Hill is zoned
Selling in Pin Gin Hill? 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 17.0 km², Pin Gin Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 38% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 36,860 m² across 151 parcels.
Who lives in Pin Gin Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pin Gin Hill 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 977, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Pin Gin Hill's 191 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Johnstone, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pin Gin Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pin Gin Hill itself.
8,075 in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
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.
Pin Gin Hill 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 16 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 Pin Gin Hill 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 Pin Gin Hill. 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 Pin Gin Hill lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Pin Gin Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Pin Gin Hill flood-prone?
About 38% of Pin Gin Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%.
Is Pin Gin Hill bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Pin Gin Hill and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Cassowary Coast Regional average is 16%).
What is the zoning in Pin Gin Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Pin Gin Hill is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose.
Does Pin Gin Hill have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Pin Gin Hill.
What is the typical lot size in Pin Gin Hill?
Across 151 surveyed parcels in Pin Gin Hill, the median lot size is about 36,860 m². There are also 44 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Pin Gin Hill?
At the 2021 Census Pin Gin Hill had 191 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Johnstone statistical area, which contains Pin Gin Hill, went from 8,075 people in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Pin Gin Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pin Gin Hill scores 977 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 Pin Gin Hill?
Median household income in Pin Gin Hill was $1,604 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $248 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,527 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 6 Branch | 3.4 km | 46% | 4% |
| Bamboo Creek | 3.7 km | 57% | 2% |
| Currajah | 3.8 km | 42% | 0% |
| Coorumba | 3.8 km | 44% | 0% |
| Stoters Hill | 4.0 km | 55% | 10% |
| Upper Daradgee | 4.3 km | 63% | 3% |
| South Johnstone | 5.8 km | 73% | 0% |
| Wangan | 5.8 km | 76% | 0% |
| Belvedere | 5.9 km | 70% | <1% |
| Camp Creek | 6.0 km | 51% | 1% |