Wonbah Forest flood map & planning overlays
96.7% bushfire-mapped, on 300 ha median lots. Forest by name and by map.
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A planning-constraint profile of Wonbah Forest
(Bundaberg Regional, QLD) - 161.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
161.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wonbah Forest's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Wonbah Forest
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 to
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Wonbah Forest at a glance
Schools in and near Wonbah Forest
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: 12.67 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 28.45 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 Wonbah Forest address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Wonbah Forest is zoned
Selling in Wonbah Forest? 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 161.84 km², Wonbah Forest is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 32% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 97% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 2,998,766 m² across 19 parcels.
Who lives in Wonbah Forest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wonbah Forest 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 865, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gin Gin, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wonbah Forest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wonbah Forest itself.
4,556 in 2001 to 5,851 in 2025, up 28%.
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.
Wonbah Forest 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 5 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 Wonbah Forest 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Wonbah Forest. 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 Wonbah Forest lot.
Wonbah Forest planning - frequently asked
Is Wonbah Forest flood-prone?
About 32% of Wonbah Forest falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 50%. Published flood models are held over parts of Wonbah Forest; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Wonbah Forest bushfire-prone?
Around 97% of Wonbah Forest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bundaberg Regional average of 56%.
Is Wonbah Forest under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Wonbah Forest in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Wonbah Forest?
The dominant planning zone in Wonbah Forest is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural.
Does Wonbah Forest have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wonbah Forest.
What is the typical lot size in Wonbah Forest?
Across 19 surveyed parcels in Wonbah Forest, the median lot size is about 2,998,766 m².
Is Wonbah Forest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wonbah Forest scores 865 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonbah | 8.8 km | 35% | 90% |
| Boolboonda | 9.6 km | 27% | 91% |
| New Moonta | 11.2 km | 38% | 79% |
| Takilberan | 15.0 km | 32% | 70% |
| Gaeta | 16.7 km | 32% | 80% |
| Moolboolaman | 19.7 km | 41% | 94% |
| Nearum | 21.5 km | 35% | 100% |
| Kolonga | 25.3 km | 32% | 83% |
| Molangul | 26.4 km | 32% | 96% |
| Doughboy | 26.7 km | 36% | 100% |