Barrine flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Barrine
(Tablelands Regional, QLD) - 26.09 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
26.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Barrine's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Barrine at a glance
Schools in and near Barrine
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: 1.74 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 10.36 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 Barrine is zoned
Selling in Barrine? 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 26.09 km², Barrine is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 24% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 32% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 30,397 m² across 268 parcels.
Who lives in Barrine
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Barrine 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 1031, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Barrine's 303 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Malanda - Yungaburra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Barrine. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Barrine itself.
7,816 in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Barrine 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 Barrine 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Barrine lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Barrine planning - frequently asked
Is Barrine flood-prone?
About 24% of Barrine falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%.
Is Barrine bushfire-prone?
Around 32% of Barrine is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tablelands Regional average of 40%.
What is the zoning in Barrine?
The dominant planning zone in Barrine is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Recreation and open space.
Does Barrine have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Barrine.
What is the typical lot size in Barrine?
Across 268 surveyed parcels in Barrine, the median lot size is about 30,397 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Barrine?
At the 2021 Census Barrine had 303 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area, which contains Barrine, went from 7,816 people in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Barrine an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Barrine scores 1031 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Barrine?
Median household income in Barrine was $1,468 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,156 for the typical suburb in Tablelands Regional. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Barrine | 2.1 km | 25% | 0% |
| Yungaburra | 7.0 km | 38% | 11% |
| Danbulla | 7.9 km | 25% | 18% |
| Lake Tinaroo | 8.0 km | 98% | 18% |
| Lake Eacham | 8.2 km | 29% | 4% |
| Gadgarra | 9.1 km | 23% | 72% |
| Goldsborough Cairns Regional |
10.3 km | 31% | 56% |
| Peeramon | 10.6 km | 32% | 2% |
| Kairi | 10.8 km | 30% | 8% |
| North Johnstone | 12.0 km | 39% | 0% |