Boonara flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Boonara
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 86.89 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
86.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Boonara's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Boonara at a glance
Schools in and near Boonara
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: 6.75 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.75 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 Boonara is zoned
Selling in Boonara? 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 86.89 km², Boonara is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 48% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 58% 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 570,800 m² across 94 parcels.
Who lives in Boonara
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Boonara 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 961, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Boonara's 60 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilkivan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Boonara. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Boonara 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.
Boonara 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 Boonara 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 Boonara. 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 Boonara lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Boonara planning - frequently asked
Is Boonara flood-prone?
About 48% of Boonara falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%.
Is Boonara bushfire-prone?
Around 58% of Boonara is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
What is the zoning in Boonara?
The dominant planning zone in Boonara is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Purposes and Environmental Management And Conservation.
Does Boonara have heritage-listed places?
Boonara has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Boonara?
Across 94 surveyed parcels in Boonara, the median lot size is about 570,800 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Boonara?
At the 2021 Census Boonara had 60 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Kilkivan statistical area, which contains Boonara, went from 3,024 people in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.
Is Boonara an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Boonara scores 961 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Boonara?
Median household income in Boonara was $1,687 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,314 for the typical suburb in Gympie Regional.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crownthorpe | 7.1 km | 41% | 47% |
| Goomeribong | 7.6 km | 39% | 36% |
| Tansey | 13.3 km | 46% | 64% |
| Goomeri | 13.3 km | 46% | 40% |
| Manyung | 15.7 km | 43% | 41% |
| Cinnabar | 19.1 km | 44% | 58% |
| Kinbombi | 19.3 km | 39% | 69% |
| Windera | 20.2 km | 56% | 64% |
| Kilkivan | 22.5 km | 45% | 62% |
| Booubyjan | 23.4 km | 46% | 82% |