Barney View flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Barney View
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 36.73 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
36.73 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barney View's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Barney View properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 80 Barney View properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 80 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Barney View.
Barney View flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 80 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Barney View; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
12 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 12
Source: Scenic Rim Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Barney View at a glance
Schools in and near Barney View
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: 3.27 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 14.07 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 Barney View is zoned
Selling in Barney View? 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 36.73 km², Barney View is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 51% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 230,123 m² across 98 parcels.
Who lives in Barney View
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Barney View 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 976, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Barney View's 38 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaudesert, the wider ABS statistical area containing Barney View. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Barney View itself.
9,977 in 2001 to 16,642 in 2025, up 67%.
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.
Barney View 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 Barney View 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 Barney View. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
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 Barney View lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Barney View planning - frequently asked
Is Barney View flood-prone?
About 3% of Barney View falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 15% of the 80 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 12 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Barney View bushfire-prone?
Around 51% of Barney View is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Barney View?
The dominant planning zone in Barney View is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Recreation and Open Space.
Does Barney View have heritage-listed places?
Barney View has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Barney View hilly or flat?
Barney View is hilly: the median ground slope is about 13%, and 36% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 134 m to 338 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Barney View?
Across 98 surveyed parcels in Barney View, the median lot size is about 230,123 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Barney View an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Barney View scores 976 and sits in decile 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rathdowney | 5.6 km | 11% | 86% |
| Palen Creek | 5.9 km | 4% | 70% |
| Mount Barney | 8.4 km | 2% | 89% |
| Tamrookum Creek | 9.7 km | <1% | 91% |
| Maroon | 10.0 km | 2% | 64% |
| Mount Lindesay | 11.3 km | 0% | 94% |
| Running Creek | 12.6 km | 6% | 70% |
| Knapp Creek | 12.7 km | 1% | 36% |
| Innisplain | 13.6 km | 36% | 42% |
| Oaky Creek | 16.2 km | 4% | 63% |