Wurdong Heights flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Wurdong Heights
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 31.26 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
31.26 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wurdong Heights'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 Wurdong Heights
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,500 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.
Wurdong Heights at a glance
Schools in and near Wurdong Heights
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: 0.36 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.37 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 Wurdong Heights address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Wurdong Heights is zoned
Selling in Wurdong Heights? 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 31.26 km², Wurdong Heights is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 90% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 15,372 m² across 218 parcels.
Who lives in Wurdong Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wurdong Heights 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 1003, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wurdong Heights's 465 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gladstone Hinterland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wurdong Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wurdong Heights itself.
6,952 in 2001 to 12,274 in 2025, up 77%.
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.
Wurdong Heights 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 Wurdong Heights 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 36% of Wurdong Heights. 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 Wurdong Heights. 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 Wurdong Heights lot.
Wurdong Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Wurdong Heights flood-prone?
About 34% of Wurdong Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Wurdong Heights; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Wurdong Heights bushfire-prone?
Around 90% of Wurdong Heights is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is Wurdong Heights under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 36% of Wurdong Heights, and over about 67% 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 4,000 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 Wurdong Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Wurdong Heights is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Emerging Communities.
Does Wurdong Heights have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wurdong Heights.
What is the typical lot size in Wurdong Heights?
Across 218 surveyed parcels in Wurdong Heights, the median lot size is about 15,372 m². There are also 108 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Wurdong Heights?
At the 2021 Census Wurdong Heights had 465 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Gladstone Hinterland statistical area, which contains Wurdong Heights, went from 6,952 people in 2001 to 12,274 in 2025, up 77%.
Is Wurdong Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wurdong Heights scores 1003 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wurdong Heights?
Median household income in Wurdong Heights was $2,583 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,361 for the typical suburb in Gladstone Regional. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,754 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connell | 3.9 km | 29% | 98% |
| Boyne Island | 6.6 km | 81% | 35% |
| Glen Eden | 7.0 km | 29% | 87% |
| Burua | 7.0 km | 40% | 95% |
| Kirkwood | 7.1 km | 23% | 92% |
| South Trees | 8.5 km | 87% | 23% |
| Telina | 8.6 km | 33% | 60% |
| Toolooa | 8.9 km | 17% | 75% |
| Beecher | 9.1 km | 48% | 79% |
| New Auckland | 9.7 km | 43% | 44% |