Woodwark flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Woodwark
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 35.45 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
35.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woodwark's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Woodwark at a glance
Schools in and near Woodwark
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular 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: 0.27 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.27 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Woodwark is zoned
Selling in Woodwark? 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 35.45 km², Woodwark is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 8,215 m² across 350 parcels.
Who lives in Woodwark
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woodwark 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 1025, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woodwark's 559 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Airlie - Whitsundays, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woodwark. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woodwark itself.
8,192 in 2001 to 16,597 in 2025, up 103%.
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.
Woodwark 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 12 September 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 Woodwark address
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See what's in the $9 report →Woodwark planning - frequently asked
Is Woodwark flood-prone?
About 44% of Woodwark falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Woodwark bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of Woodwark is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 69%.
What is the zoning in Woodwark?
The dominant planning zone in Woodwark is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Rural residential.
Does Woodwark have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Woodwark.
What is the typical lot size in Woodwark?
Across 350 surveyed parcels in Woodwark, the median lot size is about 8,215 m². There are also 141 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Woodwark?
At the 2021 Census Woodwark had 559 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Airlie - Whitsundays statistical area, which contains Woodwark, went from 8,192 people in 2001 to 16,597 in 2025, up 103%.
Is Woodwark an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woodwark scores 1025 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Woodwark?
Median household income in Woodwark was $2,031 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional. Median rent was $420 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riordanvale | 6.1 km | 6% | 91% |
| Cannonvale | 7.2 km | 36% | 76% |
| Airlie Beach | 8.5 km | 40% | 87% |
| Sugarloaf | 9.4 km | 8% | 92% |
| Cannon Valley | 9.6 km | 42% | 76% |
| Mandalay | 10.0 km | 87% | 71% |
| Jubilee Pocket | 10.4 km | 19% | 90% |
| Flametree | 11.2 km | 68% | 97% |
| Brandy Creek | 11.8 km | <1% | 92% |
| Strathdickie | 12.2 km | 31% | 70% |