Boonooroo Plains zoning & planning overlays
83% bushfire-mapped, on 49 ha lots, mostly zoned Environmental Management and Conservation.
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A planning-constraint profile of Boonooroo Plains
(Fraser Coast Regional, QLD) - 74.89 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
74.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Boonooroo Plains's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Boonooroo Plains
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Boonooroo Plains at a glance
Schools in and near Boonooroo Plains
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 2.57 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.18 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Boonooroo Plains address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Boonooroo Plains is zoned
Selling in Boonooroo Plains? 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 74.89 km², Boonooroo Plains is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 83% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The median lot measures about 487,309 m² across 20 parcels.
Who lives in Boonooroo Plains
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Boonooroo Plains 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 965, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Maryborough Surrounds - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Boonooroo Plains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Boonooroo Plains itself.
5,760 in 2001 to 11,170 in 2025, up 94%.
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.
Boonooroo Plains data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Boonooroo Plains 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 35% of Boonooroo Plains. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Boonooroo Plains. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Boonooroo Plains lot.
Boonooroo Plains planning - frequently asked
Is Boonooroo Plains flood-prone?
We hold flood mapping covering Boonooroo Plains, but the share of the suburb it covers could not be calculated for this page - the flood overlays here are too intricate or too overlapping for our area calculation to resolve. That is a limit of our calculation, not a finding about the suburb, and it is neither an all-clear nor a sign of severe flooding. Fraser Coast Regional publishes the flood mapping for this area, and our free interactive map still checks any individual Boonooroo Plains address against it. Published flood models are held over parts of Boonooroo Plains; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Boonooroo Plains bushfire-prone?
Around 83% of Boonooroo Plains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Fraser Coast Regional average of 68%.
Is Boonooroo Plains under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 35% of Boonooroo Plains, and over about 58% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Boonooroo Plains?
The dominant planning zone in Boonooroo Plains is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Community facilities.
Does Boonooroo Plains have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Boonooroo Plains.
What is the typical lot size in Boonooroo Plains?
Across 20 surveyed parcels in Boonooroo Plains, the median lot size is about 487,309 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Boonooroo Plains an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Boonooroo Plains scores 965 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maaroom | 3.3 km | 60% | 69% |
| The Dimonds | 7.5 km | 64% | 82% |
| Boonooroo | 8.2 km | 57% | 79% |
| Beaver Rock | 9.1 km | 60% | 36% |
| Tuan | 10.3 km | 54% | 73% |
| Bidwill | 11.3 km | 63% | 54% |
| Great Sandy Strait | 11.8 km | 52% | 5% |
| Granville | 12.5 km | 85% | 44% |
| Tuan Forest | 13.5 km | Not measured | 99% |
| Prawle | 13.5 km | 89% | 60% |