Upper Kandanga flood map & planning overlays
69.2% under environmental overlays, 8th-highest in Gympie Regional.
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A planning-constraint profile of Upper Kandanga
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 121.88 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
121.88 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Upper Kandanga'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 Upper Kandanga
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 5,000 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.
Upper Kandanga at a glance
Schools in and near Upper Kandanga
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: 7.26 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 7.40 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 Upper Kandanga address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Upper Kandanga is zoned
Selling in Upper Kandanga? 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 121.88 km², Upper Kandanga is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 31% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 87% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 211,646 m² across 106 parcels.
Who lives in Upper Kandanga
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Upper Kandanga 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 950, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Upper Kandanga's 49 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gympie Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Upper Kandanga. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Upper Kandanga 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.
Upper Kandanga 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 Upper Kandanga 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 2% of Upper Kandanga. 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 Upper Kandanga. 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 Upper Kandanga lot.
Upper Kandanga planning - frequently asked
Is Upper Kandanga flood-prone?
About 31% of Upper Kandanga falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Upper Kandanga; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Upper Kandanga bushfire-prone?
Around 87% of Upper Kandanga is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Upper Kandanga under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Upper Kandanga, and over about 54% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Upper Kandanga?
The dominant planning zone in Upper Kandanga is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management And Conservation and Open Space.
Does Upper Kandanga have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Upper Kandanga.
What is the typical lot size in Upper Kandanga?
Across 106 surveyed parcels in Upper Kandanga, the median lot size is about 211,646 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Upper Kandanga an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Upper Kandanga scores 950 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amamoor Creek | 7.9 km | 29% | 89% |
| Bella Creek | 8.1 km | 24% | 87% |
| Lake Borumba | 10.3 km | 27% | 92% |
| Kandanga Creek | 15.2 km | 35% | 74% |
| Upper Glastonbury | 15.3 km | 29% | 72% |
| Kingaham Somerset Regional |
16.5 km | 26% | 88% |
| Langshaw | 18.0 km | 24% | 59% |
| Melawondi | 18.1 km | 31% | 91% |
| Imbil | 18.1 km | 27% | 70% |
| Wrattens Forest | 19.4 km | 35% | 86% |