Beelbee flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Beelbee (Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 88.68 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Beelbee's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Beelbee at a glance

Parcels 18 Median lot 5,139,505 m² Mapped easements 17 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Beelbee

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

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

Nearest school availability

Primary: 6.32 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 33.76 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 Beelbee is zoned

Rural 100%

Selling in Beelbee? 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 88.68 km², Beelbee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 28% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 83% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 5,139,505 m² across 18 parcels.

Who lives in Beelbee

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

Population
18
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 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 842, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

4,062 in 2001 to 4,030 in 2025, down 1%.

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.

Beelbee 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
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Beelbee 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 Beelbee. 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 Beelbee lot.

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Beelbee planning - frequently asked

Is Beelbee flood-prone?

About 28% of Beelbee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.

Is Beelbee bushfire-prone?

Around 83% of Beelbee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.

What is the zoning in Beelbee?

The dominant planning zone in Beelbee is Rural.

Does Beelbee have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Beelbee.

What is the typical lot size in Beelbee?

Across 18 surveyed parcels in Beelbee, the median lot size is about 5,139,505 m². There are also 17 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Beelbee an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Beelbee scores 842 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Kogan 14.9 km 38% 81%
Kumbarilla 15.9 km 36% 86%
Weranga 17.1 km 16% 81%
Ranges Bridge 24.4 km 100% 9%
Montrose 25.3 km 55% 80%
Ducklo 25.7 km 86% 26%
Warra 25.9 km 90% 10%
Macalister 26.1 km 89% 7%
Goranba 28.1 km 29% 86%
Brigalow 28.2 km 72% 35%

See all Western Downs Regional suburb profiles →