The Palms flood map & planning overlays
1,083 residents, 11th of 107 in Gympie 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 The Palms
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 15.71 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
15.71 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to The Palms'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 The Palms
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
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
The Palms at a glance
Schools in and near The Palms
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: 3.15 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.66 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 The Palms is zoned
Selling in The Palms? 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 15.71 km², The Palms is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 52% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Residential. The median lot measures about 19,991 m² across 476 parcels.
Who lives in The Palms
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the The Palms 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 915, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of The Palms's 1,083 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing The Palms. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than The Palms itself.
14,915 in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
The Palms 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 The Palms 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 16% of The Palms. 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 The Palms. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 The Palms lot.
The Palms planning - frequently asked
Is The Palms flood-prone?
About 52% of The Palms falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of The Palms; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is The Palms bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of The Palms is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is The Palms under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 16% of The Palms, and over about 46% 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 4,500 ft. 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 The Palms?
The dominant planning zone in The Palms is Rural Residential, though the suburb also includes Rural and Limited Development (Constrained Land).
Does The Palms have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within The Palms.
What is the typical lot size in The Palms?
Across 476 surveyed parcels in The Palms, the median lot size is about 19,991 m². There are also 135 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of The Palms?
At the 2021 Census The Palms had 1,083 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Gympie Surrounds statistical area, which contains The Palms, went from 14,915 people in 2001 to 22,707 in 2025, up 52%.
Is The Palms an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), The Palms scores 915 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in The Palms?
Median household income in The Palms was $1,379 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widgee Crossing South | 3.0 km | 46% | 84% |
| Widgee Crossing North | 3.1 km | 92% | 51% |
| Fishermans Pocket | 3.2 km | 47% | 83% |
| Nahrunda | 4.1 km | 69% | 27% |
| Scrubby Creek | 4.3 km | 17% | 47% |
| Two Mile | 5.0 km | 53% | 51% |
| Chatsworth | 5.8 km | 24% | 63% |
| Glastonbury | 5.8 km | 32% | 61% |
| Pie Creek | 6.1 km | 37% | 67% |
| Marys Creek | 6.6 km | 28% | 49% |