Urangan flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Urangan
(Fraser Coast Regional, QLD) - 17.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
17.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Urangan's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Urangan
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
9% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- fcrc_noise_anef
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 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.
Urangan at a glance
Schools in and near Urangan
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
2 schools providing primary years and 2 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 Urangan address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Urangan is zoned
Selling in Urangan? 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 17.75 km², Urangan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 41% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 26% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The median lot measures about 725 m² across 6,039 parcels.
Who lives in Urangan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Urangan 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 890, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Urangan's 10,988 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Urangan - Wondunna, the wider ABS statistical area containing Urangan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Urangan itself.
8,245 in 2001 to 16,623 in 2025, up 102%.
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.
Urangan 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Urangan 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 90% of Urangan. 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 Urangan. 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 Urangan lot.
Urangan planning - frequently asked
Is Urangan flood-prone?
About 41% of Urangan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 46%. Published flood models are held over parts of Urangan; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Urangan bushfire-prone?
Around 26% of Urangan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Fraser Coast Regional average of 68%.
Is Urangan affected by aircraft noise?
About 9% of Urangan sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 35 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Urangan under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 90% of Urangan, and over about 95% 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 500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 54 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 Urangan?
The dominant planning zone in Urangan is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Community facilities.
Does Urangan have heritage-listed places?
Urangan has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Urangan?
Across 6,039 surveyed parcels in Urangan, the median lot size is about 725 m². There are also 499 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Urangan have a train station?
There is no train station inside Urangan itself. The suburb is served by 39 bus stops.
What is the population of Urangan?
At the 2021 Census Urangan had 10,988 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Urangan - Wondunna statistical area, which contains Urangan, went from 8,245 people in 2001 to 16,623 in 2025, up 102%.
Is Urangan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Urangan scores 890 and sits in decile 2 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 Urangan?
Median household income in Urangan was $984 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,124 for the typical suburb in Fraser Coast Regional. Median rent was $335 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torquay | 3.0 km | 33% | 3% |
| Scarness | 4.4 km | 34% | 0% |
| Wondunna | 5.0 km | 24% | 56% |
| Kawungan | 5.9 km | 11% | 20% |
| Pialba | 6.6 km | 33% | 13% |
| Booral | 7.5 km | 26% | 75% |
| Urraween | 7.9 km | 15% | 14% |
| Unnamed Locality | 9.1 km | 2% | <1% |
| Nikenbah | 9.1 km | 38% | 38% |
| Point Vernon | 9.2 km | 32% | 17% |