Barambah flood map & planning overlays
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 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
160.02 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barambah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Barambah at a glance
Schools in and near Barambah
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular 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: 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Barambah is zoned
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.
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 1004, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
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.
| 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 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.
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 an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Barambah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →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%.
Is Barambah bushfire-prone?
Around 48% of Barambah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
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 suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-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% |