Woongarra flood map & planning overlays
A median household income of $2,010 a week, 3rd-highest in Bundaberg Regional.
Things you won't regret: spending $9 to know the lot before you commit.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Woongarra
(Bundaberg Regional, QLD) - 34.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
34.15 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woongarra'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 Woongarra
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 1 a day
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.
Woongarra at a glance
Schools in and near Woongarra
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: 0.90 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 Woongarra address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Woongarra is zoned
Selling in Woongarra? 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 34.15 km², Woongarra is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 4% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 20,048 m² across 330 parcels.
Who lives in Woongarra
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woongarra 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 981, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woongarra's 585 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bargara - Burnett Heads, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woongarra. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woongarra itself.
11,287 in 2001 to 21,697 in 2025, up 92%.
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.
Woongarra 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 Woongarra 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 31% of Woongarra. 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 Woongarra. 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 Woongarra lot.
Woongarra planning - frequently asked
Is Woongarra flood-prone?
About 18% of Woongarra falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 50%. Published flood models are held over parts of Woongarra; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Woongarra bushfire-prone?
Around 4% of Woongarra is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bundaberg Regional average of 56%.
Is Woongarra under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 31% of Woongarra, and over about 44% 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Woongarra?
The dominant planning zone in Woongarra is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Emerging community.
Does Woongarra have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Woongarra.
What is the typical lot size in Woongarra?
Across 330 surveyed parcels in Woongarra, the median lot size is about 20,048 m². There are also 112 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Woongarra?
At the 2021 Census Woongarra had 585 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Bargara - Burnett Heads statistical area, which contains Woongarra, went from 11,287 people in 2001 to 21,697 in 2025, up 92%.
Is Woongarra an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woongarra scores 981 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Woongarra?
Median household income in Woongarra was $2,010 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,125 for the typical suburb in Bundaberg Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,539 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield | 3.1 km | 77% | 33% |
| Windermere | 4.1 km | 19% | 4% |
| Calavos | 4.7 km | 32% | 35% |
| Kepnock | 4.7 km | 78% | 14% |
| Avenell Heights | 5.2 km | 76% | <1% |
| Bundaberg East | 5.9 km | 100% | 17% |
| Innes Park | 6.0 km | 30% | 17% |
| Walkervale | 6.0 km | 72% | 0% |
| Bundaberg South | 6.1 km | 100% | 2% |
| Elliott Heads | 6.5 km | 57% | 23% |