South Gladstone flood map & planning overlays
4 schools, 3rd-most in Gladstone Regional. A suburb built around the school run.
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A planning-constraint profile of South Gladstone
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 3.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to South Gladstone'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over South Gladstone
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 2,000 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.
South Gladstone at a glance
Schools in and near South Gladstone
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
1 school providing primary years and 3 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.
Which school zone is a South Gladstone address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How South Gladstone is zoned
Selling in South Gladstone? 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 3.17 km², South Gladstone is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The median lot measures about 741 m² across 2,075 parcels.
Who lives in South Gladstone
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the South Gladstone 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 883, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of South Gladstone's 3,476 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gladstone, the wider ABS statistical area containing South Gladstone. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than South Gladstone itself.
5,655 in 2001 to 6,839 in 2025, up 21%.
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.
South Gladstone 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 South Gladstone 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 86% of South Gladstone. 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 South Gladstone. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 South Gladstone lot.
South Gladstone planning - frequently asked
Is South Gladstone flood-prone?
About 27% of South Gladstone falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of South Gladstone; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is South Gladstone bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of South Gladstone is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is South Gladstone under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 86% of South Gladstone, and over about 94% 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 South Gladstone?
The dominant planning zone in South Gladstone is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Low-medium Density Residential and Community Facilities.
Does South Gladstone have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within South Gladstone.
What is the typical lot size in South Gladstone?
Across 2,075 surveyed parcels in South Gladstone, the median lot size is about 741 m². There are also 158 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does South Gladstone have a train station?
There is no train station inside South Gladstone itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.
What is the population of South Gladstone?
At the 2021 Census South Gladstone had 3,476 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Gladstone statistical area, which contains South Gladstone, went from 5,655 people in 2001 to 6,839 in 2025, up 21%.
Is South Gladstone an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), South Gladstone scores 883 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in South Gladstone?
Median household income in South Gladstone was $1,283 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Gladstone Regional. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,430 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley | 1.4 km | 30% | 54% |
| West Gladstone | 2.0 km | 50% | 29% |
| Barney Point | 2.1 km | 88% | 0% |
| Toolooa | 2.3 km | 17% | 75% |
| Kin Kora | 2.5 km | 50% | 48% |
| Telina | 3.1 km | 33% | 60% |
| Gladstone Central | 3.3 km | 72% | <1% |
| New Auckland | 4.1 km | 43% | 44% |
| South Trees | 4.1 km | 87% | 23% |
| Glen Eden | 4.2 km | 29% | 87% |