General residential dominant. 8,765 lots resolved to zone, overlays and development potential.
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Zoning
Gympie is dominated by GR — General residential. Land use, building height, and permitted development are set per zone in the council planning scheme, made under the Queensland Planning Act 2016.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Modelled dwelling capacity if every lot built to its zone controls.
Location
Gympie 4570 covers 13.0 km² within Gympie Regional.
Drill into any lot in Gympie
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a secondary dwelling, or sized for subdivision.
under the relevant council planning scheme
lots that may support subdivision
show at least one development signal
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Check your lot's exact development potential — height, FSR, granny flat, subdivision, dual-occ.
Constraints & risks
0.1% of lots: strategic cropping land; also: 15.0% of lots: state environmental significance.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Flood hazard overlay mapping
Bushfire hazard overlay mapping
State-significant agricultural land — development constraints apply
Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) overlay
Air conditioning contractor · serves Gympie, QLD
126 Duke St, Gympie QLD 4570
Market
Rent and market context from state rental bond and demographic data.
Sale-price history isn't yet loaded for Queensland suburbs — rent, demographics and planning data are shown where available.
Queensland Government Statistician's Office projection.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
72 businesses serving Gympie and nearby.
Air conditioning contractor
126 Duke St, Gympie QLD 4570
Mortgage broker
137a Mary St, Gympie QLD 4570
Plumber
2 Bennett St, Gympie QLD 4570
Real estate agency
230 Mary St, Gympie QLD 4570
Modular home builder
11 Langton Rd, Gympie QLD 4570
Engineering consultant
74 Exhibition Rd, Gympie QLD 4570
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Gympie is dominated by the GR (General residential) zone, which covers 4,167 of 8,765 lots (57%). The full mix is: GR General residential (57%), MDR Medium density residential (11%), CR Character residential (7%), DC District centre (6%), LD Limited development (constrained land) (5%), LII Low impact industry (4%), PC Principal centre (4%), SC Specialised centre (2%), CF Community facilities (2%), MII Medium impact industry (1%), OS Open space (1%), LC Centre / commercial (1%), SR Sport and recreation (1%), RU Rural (0%), EMC Environmental management and conservation (0%), RR Rural residential (0%), HII High impact industry (0%).
Yes — 4,447 lots in Gympie appear eligible for a secondary dwelling under the relevant council planning scheme, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
Median weekly rent for a house in Gympie is $578.
Across Gympie, 0.1% strategic cropping land, 15.0% state environmental significance. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
4,447 of 8,765 lots in Gympie show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a secondary dwelling, or capable of subdivision.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Gympie Regional and nearby postcodes.
Mortgage broker · serves Gympie, QLD
137a Mary St, Gympie QLD 4570
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$31.9014-section report · planning scheme controls cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative Queensland Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Zoning, height, overlays and development potential computed from the Gympie Regionalcouncil planning scheme and lot-level cadastre (8,765 lots). Hazard overlays, demographics and rent drawn from Queensland council planning schemes, Development.i / council DA registers, Queensland Globe, and ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-06-08.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →