Tin Can Bay flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 65, the highest in Gympie Regional and 5th in Queensland, on compact 695 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Tin Can Bay
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 147.45 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
147.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tin Can Bay'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 Tin Can Bay
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 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.
Tin Can Bay at a glance
Schools in and near Tin Can Bay
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 Tin Can Bay address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Tin Can Bay is zoned
Selling in Tin Can Bay? 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 147.45 km², Tin Can Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 87% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Community Purposes. The median lot measures about 695 m² across 1,577 parcels.
Who lives in Tin Can Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tin Can Bay 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 864, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tin Can Bay's 2,293 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cooloola, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tin Can Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tin Can Bay itself.
3,778 in 2001 to 7,148 in 2025, up 89%.
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.
Tin Can Bay 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 Tin Can Bay 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 3% of Tin Can Bay. 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 Tin Can Bay. 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 Tin Can Bay lot.
Tin Can Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Tin Can Bay flood-prone?
About 17% of Tin Can Bay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Tin Can Bay; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Tin Can Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 87% of Tin Can Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Tin Can Bay under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Tin Can Bay, and over about 26% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Tin Can Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Tin Can Bay is Community Purposes, though the suburb also includes Rural and Environmental Management And Conservation.
Does Tin Can Bay have heritage-listed places?
Tin Can Bay has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Tin Can Bay?
Across 1,577 surveyed parcels in Tin Can Bay, the median lot size is about 695 m². There are also 91 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Tin Can Bay have a train station?
There is no train station inside Tin Can Bay itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Tin Can Bay?
At the 2021 Census Tin Can Bay had 2,293 usual residents, with a median age of 65 and an average household size of 1.8 people. The wider Cooloola statistical area, which contains Tin Can Bay, went from 3,778 people in 2001 to 7,148 in 2025, up 89%.
Is Tin Can Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tin Can Bay scores 864 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Tin Can Bay?
Median household income in Tin Can Bay was $734 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallu | 6.2 km | 27% | 100% |
| Tin Can Bay Fraser Coast Regional |
8.0 km | 27% | 87% |
| Cooloola Cove | 9.7 km | 20% | 75% |
| Rainbow Beach | 12.3 km | 16% | 90% |
| Inskip | 13.0 km | 60% | 43% |
| Cooloola | 13.5 km | 4% | 93% |
| Tinnanbar Fraser Coast Regional |
14.5 km | 42% | 76% |
| Toolara Forest | 17.0 km | 40% | 100% |
| Toolara Forest Fraser Coast Regional |
18.9 km | 22% | 99% |
| Tuan Forest | 21.0 km | 47% | 100% |