Towen Mountain flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Towen Mountain (Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 3.51 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Everything below is suburb-wide. Overlays change block to block - see which ones actually touch your lot. The map is free.
Constraint readout
3.51 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Towen Mountain's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. It shows where constraints fall; the interactive map shows them on your exact address.
Towen Mountain flood risk at the property level
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched, from our lot-by-lot analysis of 118 Towen Mountain properties.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 118 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Towen Mountain.
Towen Mountain at a glance
How Towen Mountain is zoned
Selling in Towen Mountain? 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 3.51 km², Towen Mountain is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 64% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 9,979 m² across 108 parcels. These figures are suburb-wide - the overlays that actually apply to a given lot can differ block to block, which is what a property-level check tells you.
Who lives in Towen Mountain
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Towen Mountain 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 982, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Towen Mountain's 304 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Nambour, the wider ABS statistical area containing Towen Mountain. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Towen Mountain itself.
15,361 in 2001 to 24,674 in 2025, up 61%.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of Population and Housing 2021 (General Community Profile) and SEIFA 2021, both published at the Suburbs and Localities level; Regional Population (estimated resident population) at Statistical Area Level 2. Used under CC BY 4.0. Census counts of small populations are randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality, so figures for small suburbs are indicative.
Check a specific Towen Mountain 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 →Towen Mountain planning - frequently asked
Where can I see a flood map of Towen Mountain?
The schematic on this page is a Towen Mountain flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 1% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Towen Mountain address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.
Is Towen Mountain flood-prone?
About 1% of Towen Mountain falls within a mapped flood overlay, against a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 32%. Looking lot by lot, 8% of the 118 properties we analysed in Towen Mountain carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 10 rated high risk or historically affected. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.
Is Towen Mountain bushfire-prone?
Yes - around 64% of Towen Mountain is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.
What is the zoning in Towen Mountain?
The dominant planning zone in Towen Mountain is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation. Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.
Does Towen Mountain have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Towen Mountain. Even so, it is worth confirming for an individual property before any works.
Is Towen Mountain hilly or flat?
Towen Mountain is steep: the median lot slope is about 24%, and 92% of properties sit on slopes of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 65 m to 250 m AHD across the suburb. Slope drives site costs - cut and fill, retaining walls and driveway grades - so it is worth knowing before you commit to a sloping block.
What is the typical lot size in Towen Mountain?
Across 108 surveyed parcels in Towen Mountain, the median lot size is about 9,979 m². There are also 44 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.
What is the population of Towen Mountain?
At the 2021 Census Towen Mountain had 304 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Nambour statistical area, which contains Towen Mountain, went from 15,361 people in 2001 to 24,674 in 2025, up 61%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Towen Mountain alone.
Is Towen Mountain an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Towen Mountain scores 982 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.
What is the median household income in Towen Mountain?
Median household income in Towen Mountain was $1,728 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,674 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $362 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.
Do I need a planning report for a Towen Mountain property?
A Towen Mountain planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage and environmental - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; a full PDF report is $9.