Sun Valley flood map & planning overlays
Sun Valley packs in with 684 m² lots, 4th-smallest in Gladstone Regional.
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A planning-constraint profile of Sun Valley
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 1.08 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
1.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sun Valley'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 Sun Valley
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: observed, lowest 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.
Sun Valley at a glance
Schools in and near Sun Valley
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 1 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 Sun Valley address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Sun Valley is zoned
Selling in Sun Valley? 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 1.08 km², Sun Valley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 54% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The median lot measures about 684 m² across 563 parcels.
Who lives in Sun Valley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sun Valley 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 884, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Sun Valley's 1,296 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kin Kora - Sun Valley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sun Valley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sun Valley itself.
3,667 in 2001 to 3,581 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley. 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 Sun Valley. 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 Sun Valley lot.
Sun Valley planning - frequently asked
Is Sun Valley flood-prone?
About 30% of Sun Valley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Sun Valley; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Sun Valley bushfire-prone?
Around 54% of Sun Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is Sun Valley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Sun Valley, 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 9 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 Sun Valley?
The dominant planning zone in Sun Valley is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Open Space.
Does Sun Valley have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sun Valley.
What is the typical lot size in Sun Valley?
Across 563 surveyed parcels in Sun Valley, the median lot size is about 684 m². There are also 34 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Sun Valley have a train station?
There is no train station inside Sun Valley itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Sun Valley?
At the 2021 Census Sun Valley had 1,296 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Kin Kora - Sun Valley statistical area, which contains Sun Valley, went from 3,667 people in 2001 to 3,581 in 2025, down 2%.
Is Sun Valley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sun Valley scores 884 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 Sun Valley?
Median household income in Sun Valley was $1,520 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Gladstone Regional. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toolooa | 1.4 km | 17% | 75% |
| Kin Kora | 1.4 km | 50% | 48% |
| South Gladstone | 1.4 km | 27% | 37% |
| Telina | 1.7 km | 33% | 60% |
| West Gladstone | 2.3 km | 50% | 29% |
| New Auckland | 2.9 km | 43% | 44% |
| Glen Eden | 3.0 km | 29% | 87% |
| Barney Point | 3.5 km | 88% | 0% |
| Kirkwood | 3.9 km | 23% | 92% |
| South Trees | 3.9 km | 87% | 23% |