Southern Moreton Bay Islands zoning & planning overlays
The islands average 8 ha a lot, 5th-largest in Gold Coast City.
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A planning-constraint profile of Southern Moreton Bay Islands
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 83.88 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
83.88 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Southern Moreton Bay Islands's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Southern Moreton Bay Islands properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 18 analysed Southern Moreton Bay Islands properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 18 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Southern Moreton Bay Islands
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 2,500 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.
Southern Moreton Bay Islands at a glance
Schools in and near Southern Moreton Bay Islands
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: 2.00 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.18 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 Southern Moreton Bay Islands address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Southern Moreton Bay Islands is zoned
Selling in Southern Moreton Bay Islands? 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 83.88 km², Southern Moreton Bay Islands is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 79,430 m² across 50 parcels.
Recent development applications in Southern Moreton Bay Islands
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public City of Gold Coast 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.
Southern Moreton Bay Islands data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | City of Gold Coast |
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 Southern Moreton Bay Islands 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 Southern Moreton Bay Islands. 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 Southern Moreton Bay Islands. 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 Southern Moreton Bay Islands lot.
Southern Moreton Bay Islands planning - frequently asked
Is Southern Moreton Bay Islands flood-prone?
We hold flood mapping covering Southern Moreton Bay Islands, but the share of the suburb it covers could not be calculated for this page - the flood overlays here are too intricate or too overlapping for our area calculation to resolve. That is a limit of our calculation, not a finding about the suburb, and it is neither an all-clear nor a sign of severe flooding. Gold Coast City publishes the flood mapping for this area, and our free interactive map still checks any individual Southern Moreton Bay Islands address against it. Across the suburb, 100% of the 18 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 18 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Southern Moreton Bay Islands; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Southern Moreton Bay Islands bushfire-prone?
Around 16% of Southern Moreton Bay Islands is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Southern Moreton Bay Islands under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Southern Moreton Bay Islands, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 11 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 Southern Moreton Bay Islands?
The dominant planning zone in Southern Moreton Bay Islands is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Open space.
Does Southern Moreton Bay Islands have heritage-listed places?
Southern Moreton Bay Islands has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Southern Moreton Bay Islands hilly or flat?
Southern Moreton Bay Islands is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%. Ground level runs from roughly -1 m to 2 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Southern Moreton Bay Islands?
Across 50 surveyed parcels in Southern Moreton Bay Islands, the median lot size is about 79,430 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs Well | 4.8 km | 82% | 24% |
| South Stradbroke | 6.0 km | 59% | 50% |
| Steiglitz | 7.6 km | 98% | 13% |
| Pimpama | 8.9 km | 52% | 74% |
| Norwell | 9.4 km | 97% | 11% |
| Coomera | 10.3 km | 41% | 72% |
| Hope Island | 10.4 km | 68% | 21% |
| Paradise Point | 10.7 km | 86% | 2% |
| Woongoolba | 11.2 km | Not measured | 16% |
| Russell Island Redland City |
12.4 km | 48% | 39% |