Point Arkwright flood map & planning overlays
Point Arkwright: 615 m² lots on a 12.2% slope, mostly community facilities zoning.
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A planning-constraint profile of Point Arkwright
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 0.37 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
0.37 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Point Arkwright'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 Point Arkwright properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 214 analysed Point Arkwright properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 214 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Point Arkwright.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Point Arkwright
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 2 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Point Arkwright at a glance
Schools in and near Point Arkwright
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: 1.86 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.70 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 Point Arkwright is zoned
Selling in Point Arkwright? 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 0.37 km², Point Arkwright is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Community Facilities. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 615 m² across 200 parcels.
Recent development applications in Point Arkwright
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
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 Point Arkwright
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Point Arkwright 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 1006, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Point Arkwright's 309 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Coolum Beach, the wider ABS statistical area containing Point Arkwright. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Point Arkwright itself.
10,780 in 2001 to 17,064 in 2025, up 58%.
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.
Point Arkwright 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 Point Arkwright 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 Point Arkwright. 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 Point Arkwright. 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 Point Arkwright lot.
Point Arkwright planning - frequently asked
Is Point Arkwright flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Point Arkwright and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 30%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 214 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Point Arkwright; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Point Arkwright bushfire-prone?
Around 5% of Point Arkwright is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
Is Point Arkwright under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Point Arkwright, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 6 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 Point Arkwright?
The dominant planning zone in Point Arkwright is Community Facilities, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Low Density Residential.
Does Point Arkwright have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Point Arkwright.
Is Point Arkwright hilly or flat?
Point Arkwright is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 32% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 13 m to 35 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Point Arkwright?
Across 200 surveyed parcels in Point Arkwright, the median lot size is about 615 m². There are also 25 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Point Arkwright?
At the 2021 Census Point Arkwright had 309 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Coolum Beach statistical area, which contains Point Arkwright, went from 10,780 people in 2001 to 17,064 in 2025, up 58%.
Is Point Arkwright an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Point Arkwright scores 1006 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Point Arkwright?
Median household income in Point Arkwright was $1,547 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $393 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaroomba | 0.8 km | 29% | 24% |
| Mount Coolum | 2.2 km | 51% | 58% |
| Coolum Beach | 3.2 km | 79% | 55% |
| Marcoola | 5.4 km | 96% | 38% |
| Peregian Springs | 6.5 km | 18% | 31% |
| Yandina Creek | 7.4 km | 56% | 47% |
| Mudjimba | 8.0 km | 94% | 50% |
| Peregian Beach Noosa Shire |
8.1 km | 18% | 93% |
| Pacific Paradise | 8.2 km | 97% | 11% |
| Maroochy River | 8.3 km | 67% | 27% |