Booval flood map & planning overlays
70.1% flood-mapped, home to 2,723 residents on 716 m² lots.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Booval
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 1.7 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
1.7 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Booval's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Booval properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,623 analysed Booval properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,623 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Booval.
Has Booval flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Booval: 58 of the 1,623 properties we analysed (3.6%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 1974: 58, Historic Flood 2011: 19). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 1,623 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
58 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 58
- Historic Flood 2011: 19
Source: Ipswich City 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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Booval
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 1,000 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.
Booval at a glance
Schools in and near Booval
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 1.13 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 Booval is zoned
Selling in Booval? 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 1.7 km², Booval is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 70% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Medium density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 716 m² across 1,466 parcels.
Who lives in Booval
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Booval 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 843, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Booval's 2,723 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ipswich - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Booval. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Booval itself.
16,311 in 2001 to 19,056 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
Booval property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Ipswich - East, the wider statistical area containing Booval. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 452 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 62 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Booval 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 |
| 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 |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
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 Booval 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 100% of Booval. 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 Booval. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Booval lot.
Booval planning - frequently asked
Is Booval flood-prone?
About 70% of Booval falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 46%. Across the suburb, 73% of the 1,623 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 308 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Booval; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has Booval flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Booval: 58 of the 1,623 properties we analysed (3.6%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 1974: 58, Historic Flood 2011: 19). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is Booval bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Booval and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Ipswich City average is 50%).
Is Booval under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Booval, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 2,000 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 Booval?
The dominant planning zone in Booval is Medium density residential, though the suburb also includes Major centre and Low density residential.
Does Booval have heritage-listed places?
Booval has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Booval hilly or flat?
Booval is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 21 m to 46 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Booval?
Across 1,466 surveyed parcels in Booval, the median lot size is about 716 m². There are also 78 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Booval have a train station?
Yes - Booval has 1 train station: Booval station. It is also served by 17 bus stops.
What is the population of Booval?
At the 2021 Census Booval had 2,723 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Ipswich - East statistical area, which contains Booval, went from 16,311 people in 2001 to 19,056 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Booval an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Booval scores 843 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Booval?
Median household income in Booval was $994 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $265 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silkstone | 1.1 km | 40% | 9% |
| Newtown | 1.7 km | 43% | 0% |
| East Ipswich | 1.8 km | 94% | <1% |
| North Booval | 1.9 km | 100% | 25% |
| Moores Pocket | 1.9 km | 100% | 9% |
| Eastern Heights | 2.0 km | 15% | 0% |
| Blackstone | 2.1 km | 45% | 83% |
| Bundamba | 2.2 km | 76% | 31% |
| Basin Pocket | 2.6 km | 100% | 0% |
| Ebbw Vale | 3.3 km | 8% | 76% |