South Trees flood map & planning overlays
South Trees is 87.2% flood-mapped, 3rd-highest in Gladstone Regional.
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 South Trees
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 29.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
29.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to South Trees'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 Trees
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.
South Trees at a glance
Schools in and near South Trees
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: 0.02 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.41 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a South Trees address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How South Trees is zoned
Selling in South Trees? 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 29.27 km², South Trees is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 87% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 23% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Limited Development (constrained Land). The median lot measures about 14,227 m² across 109 parcels.
South Trees 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 | Not 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 Trees 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 50% of South Trees. 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 Trees. 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 Trees lot.
South Trees planning - frequently asked
Is South Trees flood-prone?
About 87% of South Trees falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of South Trees; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is South Trees bushfire-prone?
Around 23% of South Trees is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is South Trees under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 50% of South Trees, and over about 75% 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 4 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 Trees?
The dominant planning zone in South Trees is Limited Development (constrained Land), though the suburb also includes Special Industry and Rural.
Does South Trees have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within South Trees.
What is the typical lot size in South Trees?
Across 109 surveyed parcels in South Trees, the median lot size is about 14,227 m². There are also 25 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toolooa | 2.7 km | 17% | 75% |
| Glen Eden | 3.3 km | 29% | 87% |
| Sun Valley | 3.9 km | 30% | 54% |
| South Gladstone | 4.1 km | 27% | 37% |
| Telina | 4.2 km | 33% | 60% |
| O'Connell | 4.9 km | 29% | 98% |
| Boyne Island | 4.9 km | 81% | 35% |
| Kin Kora | 5.1 km | 50% | 48% |
| Kirkwood | 5.5 km | 23% | 92% |
| Barney Point | 5.5 km | 88% | 0% |