Widgee flood map & planning overlays
Widgee's 5 ha blocks sit 74.7% under bushfire mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Widgee
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 197.79 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
197.79 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Widgee'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 Widgee
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: observed, lowest 2,500 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.
Widgee at a glance
Schools in and near Widgee
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 13.75 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 Widgee address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Widgee is zoned
Selling in Widgee? 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 197.79 km², Widgee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 39% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 46,157 m² across 546 parcels.
Who lives in Widgee
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Widgee 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 897, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Widgee's 862 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilkivan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Widgee. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Widgee itself.
3,024 in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Widgee 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 Widgee 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 4% of Widgee. 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 Widgee. 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 Widgee lot.
Widgee planning - frequently asked
Is Widgee flood-prone?
About 39% of Widgee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Widgee; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Widgee bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Widgee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Widgee under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Widgee, and over about 23% 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. 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 Widgee?
The dominant planning zone in Widgee is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Environmental Management And Conservation.
Does Widgee have heritage-listed places?
Widgee has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Widgee?
Across 546 surveyed parcels in Widgee, the median lot size is about 46,157 m². There are also 34 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Widgee?
At the 2021 Census Widgee had 862 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Kilkivan statistical area, which contains Widgee, went from 3,024 people in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.
Is Widgee an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Widgee scores 897 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 Widgee?
Median household income in Widgee was $1,223 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,439 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrattens Forest | 9.8 km | 35% | 86% |
| Upper Glastonbury | 10.9 km | 29% | 72% |
| Glastonbury | 13.4 km | 32% | 61% |
| Oakview | 15.9 km | 37% | 66% |
| Lower Wonga | 15.9 km | 49% | 41% |
| Scrubby Creek | 16.7 km | 17% | 47% |
| Black Snake | 16.9 km | 36% | 89% |
| Marys Creek | 18.0 km | 28% | 49% |
| Langshaw | 18.8 km | 24% | 59% |
| Manumbar | 19.0 km | 44% | 60% |