Barkly flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Barkly
(Mount Isa City, QLD) - 11805.92 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
11805.92 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barkly's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Barkly properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 13 Barkly properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 13 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Barkly.
Barkly at a glance
Schools in and near Barkly
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: 14.58 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 49.45 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 Barkly is zoned
Selling in Barkly? 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 11805.92 km², Barkly is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 26% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 16,548,212 m² across 43 parcels.
Who lives in Barkly
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Barkly 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 967, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Isa Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Barkly. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Barkly itself.
4,235 in 2001 to 4,325 in 2025, up 2%.
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.
Barkly 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 12 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 Barkly 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.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$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 Barkly lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Barkly planning - frequently asked
Is Barkly flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Barkly and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 13%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 13 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Barkly bushfire-prone?
Around 26% of Barkly is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Barkly?
The dominant planning zone in Barkly is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation.
Does Barkly have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Barkly.
Is Barkly hilly or flat?
Barkly is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 0%. Ground level runs from roughly 210 m to 358 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Barkly?
Across 43 surveyed parcels in Barkly, the median lot size is about 16,548,212 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Barkly an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Barkly scores 967 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piturie Boulia Shire |
95.1 km | 1% | 4% |
| Mount Isa | 95.6 km | 0% | 80% |
| Kalkadoon | 101.8 km | 4% | 23% |
| Miles End | 102.2 km | 44% | 16% |
| Soldiers Hill | 102.3 km | 29% | 15% |
| Parkside | 102.3 km | 31% | 2% |
| Happy Valley | 102.7 km | 38% | 41% |
| Mount Isa City | 102.8 km | 5% | 0% |
| Mica Creek | 103.1 km | 37% | 51% |
| Winston | 103.1 km | 16% | 13% |