Cooee Bay flood & bushfire risk

Of Cooee Bay’s 807 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 6.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Cooee Bay’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.

Check a specific Cooee Bay address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
6.7%
Of properties in a bushfire area
807
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Cooee Bay

Flood and bushfire areas across Cooee Bay. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Cooee Bay

Cooee Bay sits in the Yeppoon police division, which recorded 2,383 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 2,383 total. Figures are for the whole Yeppoon police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Cooee Bay

Cooee Bay can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Cooee Bay

At the 2021 Census, 14% of Cooee Bay’s 942 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English43.7%
Australian35.1%
Irish15.7%
Scottish11.1%
German9.1%
Australian Aboriginal4.7%

Top countries of birth

England3.3%
New Zealand3%
South Africa1.5%
Netherlands0.7%
Ireland0.6%
France0.4%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Cooee Bay

Livingstone council approved 288 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

288
Dwellings/yr
238
Houses
50
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Livingstone council area (not just Cooee Bay). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.