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Barambah flood map & planning overlays

Plenty of fence to mend: Barambah's median block is 99 ha.

A planning-constraint profile of Barambah (Gympie Regional, QLD) - 160.02 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barambah'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

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Barambah

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

Under observed aircraft
32%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,500 ft
averaging 7,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
±24% · area average
typical observed square 0 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.

Barambah at a glance

Parcels 115 Median lot 986,811 m² Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Barambah

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 4.78 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 7.21 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 Barambah address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Barambah is zoned

Rural 100%

Selling in Barambah? 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 160.02 km², Barambah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 48% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 48% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 986,811 m² across 115 parcels.

Who lives in Barambah

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Barambah suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
39
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1004, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Kilkivan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Barambah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Barambah itself.

3,024 in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.

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.

Barambah data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Barambah 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 →

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 Barambah. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Barambah lot.

Barambah planning - frequently asked

Is Barambah flood-prone?

About 48% of Barambah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Barambah; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Barambah bushfire-prone?

Around 48% of Barambah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.

Is Barambah under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 32% of Barambah in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 ft. 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 Barambah?

The dominant planning zone in Barambah is Rural.

Does Barambah have heritage-listed places?

Barambah has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Barambah?

Across 115 surveyed parcels in Barambah, the median lot size is about 986,811 m².

Is Barambah an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Barambah scores 1004 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Johnstown 7.9 km 56% 9%
Kinbombi 11.2 km 39% 69%
Manyung 14.6 km 43% 41%
Goomeri 15.0 km 46% 40%
Manumbar 16.4 km 44% 60%
Elgin Vale 16.7 km 38% 52%
Cinnabar 17.6 km 44% 58%
Black Snake 20.1 km 36% 89%
Wrattens Forest 21.3 km 35% 86%
Goomeribong 22.0 km 39% 36%

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