Auburn flood map & planning overlays
Auburn's 519 ha holdings carry 59.3% bushfire and 53.3% flood mapping.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Auburn
(Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 1157.77 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
1157.77 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Auburn's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Auburn
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
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Auburn at a glance
Schools in and near Auburn
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: 31.38 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 34.43 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 Auburn address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Auburn is zoned
Selling in Auburn? 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 1157.77 km², Auburn is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 53% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 59% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 5,194,437 m² across 74 parcels.
Who lives in Auburn
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Auburn 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 986, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Chinchilla, the wider ABS statistical area containing Auburn. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Auburn itself.
5,677 in 2001 to 9,159 in 2025, up 61%.
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.
Auburn 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 Auburn 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Auburn. 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 Auburn lot.
Auburn planning - frequently asked
Is Auburn flood-prone?
About 53% of Auburn falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%. Published flood models are held over parts of Auburn; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Auburn bushfire-prone?
Around 59% of Auburn is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.
Is Auburn under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Auburn in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Auburn?
The dominant planning zone in Auburn is Rural, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Community facilities.
Does Auburn have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Auburn.
What is the typical lot size in Auburn?
Across 74 surveyed parcels in Auburn, the median lot size is about 5,194,437 m². There are also 10 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Auburn an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Auburn scores 986 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sujeewong | 29.1 km | 49% | 44% |
| Kragra | 34.1 km | 46% | 67% |
| Bungaban | 34.3 km | 36% | 33% |
| Roche Creek | 35.5 km | 38% | 31% |
| Pelham | 37.9 km | 40% | 87% |
| Barakula | 40.2 km | 46% | 98% |
| Cockatoo Banana Shire |
42.4 km | 39% | 37% |
| Guluguba | 50.8 km | 40% | 24% |
| Cadarga | 53.4 km | 45% | 69% |
| Gurulmundi | 57.2 km | 35% | 98% |