Yatala flood map & planning overlays
Yatala households bring home $2,506 a week, 4th-highest on the Gold Coast.
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A planning-constraint profile of Yatala
(Gold Coast City, QLD) - 14.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
14.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Yatala'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Yatala properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,326 analysed Yatala properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,326 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Yatala.
Has Yatala flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Yatala: 137 of the 1,326 properties we analysed (10.3%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 2017: 137). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 1,326 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
137 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 2017: 137
Source: Gold Coast City Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Yatala
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: observed, lowest 3,000 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.
Yatala at a glance
Schools in and near Yatala
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 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Yatala is zoned
Selling in Yatala? 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 14.02 km², Yatala is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 28% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 53% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low impact industry. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 4,582 m² across 1,318 parcels.
Recent development applications in Yatala
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public City of Gold Coast register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 31 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 70 (19% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 10
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Yatala
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Yatala 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 1042, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Yatala's 1,405 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ormeau (West) - Yatala, the wider ABS statistical area containing Yatala. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Yatala itself.
5,248 in 2001 to 13,037 in 2025, up 148%.
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.
Yatala 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | City of Gold Coast |
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 Yatala 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 96% of Yatala. 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 Yatala. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$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 Yatala lot.
Yatala planning - frequently asked
Is Yatala flood-prone?
About 28% of Yatala falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%. Across the suburb, 43% of the 1,326 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 441 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Yatala; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has Yatala flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Yatala: 137 of the 1,326 properties we analysed (10.3%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 2017: 137). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is Yatala bushfire-prone?
Around 53% of Yatala is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gold Coast City average of 50%.
Is Yatala under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 96% of Yatala, and over about 100% 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 14 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 Yatala?
The dominant planning zone in Yatala is Low impact industry, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Medium impact industry.
Does Yatala have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Yatala.
Is Yatala hilly or flat?
Yatala is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 6% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 52 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Yatala?
Across 1,318 surveyed parcels in Yatala, the median lot size is about 4,582 m². There are also 416 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Yatala have a train station?
There is no train station inside Yatala itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.
What is the population of Yatala?
At the 2021 Census Yatala had 1,405 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 3.4 people. The wider Ormeau (West) - Yatala statistical area, which contains Yatala, went from 5,248 people in 2001 to 13,037 in 2025, up 148%.
Is Yatala an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Yatala scores 1042 and sits in decile 9 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 Yatala?
Median household income in Yatala was $2,506 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,830 for the typical suburb in Gold Coast City. Median rent was $495 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windaroo Logan City |
2.5 km | 73% | 5% |
| Mount Warren Park Logan City |
2.5 km | 55% | 20% |
| Bannockburn Logan City |
2.6 km | 74% | 59% |
| Stapylton | 3.5 km | 33% | 55% |
| Luscombe | 4.1 km | 8% | 88% |
| Belivah Logan City |
4.2 km | 33% | 53% |
| Ormeau | 4.4 km | 19% | 40% |
| Bahrs Scrub Logan City |
4.5 km | 27% | 90% |
| Beenleigh Logan City |
4.8 km | 56% | 21% |
| Eagleby Logan City |
5.4 km | 77% | 27% |