The eastern part of the locality is flatter land (approx 60–70 metres above sea level) and developed as farmland.

There are a number of creeks running through the locality which is part of the Mary River drainage basin.

Woondum was one of 29 Village Settlements consisting of a centralised region allocated for housing surrounded by larger allotments for farming.

[11] In 1929 it was decided to establish the Woondum State Forest rather than open up the area for banana farms.

There are also a number of non-government schools in Gympie and its surburbs, including one in neighbouring Kybong to the south-west.