Rosemount flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Rosemount
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 13.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
13.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rosemount's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Rosemount properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 806 Rosemount properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 806 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Rosemount.
Rosemount at a glance
Schools in and near Rosemount
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: 0.82 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.96 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 Rosemount is zoned
Selling in Rosemount? 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 13.03 km², Rosemount is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 6,458 m² across 718 parcels.
Recent development applications in Rosemount
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: 11 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 8 (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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Rosemount
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rosemount 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 1015, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rosemount's 1,851 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Diddillibah - Rosemount, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rosemount. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rosemount itself.
3,032 in 2001 to 4,731 in 2025, up 56%.
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.
Rosemount 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
Profile last materially updated 19 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 Rosemount 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 Rosemount. 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 (+$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 Rosemount lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Rosemount planning - frequently asked
Is Rosemount flood-prone?
About 40% of Rosemount falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 29% of the 806 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 122 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Rosemount bushfire-prone?
Around 20% of Rosemount is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Rosemount?
The dominant planning zone in Rosemount is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Limited Development.
Does Rosemount have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Rosemount.
Is Rosemount hilly or flat?
Rosemount is hilly: the median ground slope is about 18%, and 60% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 106 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Rosemount?
Across 718 surveyed parcels in Rosemount, the median lot size is about 6,458 m². There are also 256 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Rosemount?
At the 2021 Census Rosemount had 1,851 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Diddillibah - Rosemount statistical area, which contains Rosemount, went from 3,032 people in 2001 to 4,731 in 2025, up 56%.
Is Rosemount an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rosemount scores 1015 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 Rosemount?
Median household income in Rosemount was $1,490 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $420 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bli Bli | 2.9 km | 60% | 19% |
| Kiels Mountain | 3.0 km | 6% | 47% |
| Diddillibah | 3.8 km | 48% | 17% |
| Woombye | 4.1 km | 20% | 25% |
| Nambour | 4.5 km | 22% | 32% |
| Parklands | 4.8 km | 2% | 80% |
| Kunda Park | 4.9 km | 64% | 31% |
| Forest Glen | 5.1 km | 49% | 34% |
| Kuluin | 5.9 km | 26% | 12% |
| Coes Creek | 6.0 km | 22% | 34% |