Claraville flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Claraville
(Croydon Shire, QLD) - 7113.0 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
7113.0 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Claraville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Claraville at a glance
Schools in and near Claraville
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: 27.31 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 39.47 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 Claraville is zoned
Selling in Claraville? 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 7113.0 km², Claraville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 50% 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 81,619,188 m² across 35 parcels.
Who lives in Claraville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Claraville 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 890, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Croydon - Etheridge, the wider ABS statistical area containing Claraville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Claraville itself.
1,279 in 2001 to 1,000 in 2025, down 22%.
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.
Claraville 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 Claraville address
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Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Claraville lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Claraville planning - frequently asked
Is Claraville flood-prone?
About 9% of Claraville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 5%.
Is Claraville bushfire-prone?
Around 50% of Claraville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Croydon Shire average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Claraville?
The dominant planning zone in Claraville is Rural.
Does Claraville have heritage-listed places?
Claraville has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Claraville?
Across 35 surveyed parcels in Claraville, the median lot size is about 81,619,188 m².
Is Claraville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Claraville scores 890 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coralie | 41.6 km | Not mapped | 70% |
| East Creek | 61.5 km | Not mapped | 17% |
| Blackbull | 77.5 km | 0% | 30% |
| Croydon | 79.0 km | Not mapped | 62% |
| Esmeralda | 93.8 km | Not mapped | 79% |
| Karron | 108.2 km | Not mapped | 25% |
| Victoria Vale | 138.7 km | Not mapped | 50% |
| Taldora McKinlay Shire |
143.7 km | 42% | 14% |
| Malpas-Trenton McKinlay Shire |
164.7 km | 17% | 25% |
| Bellfield | 174.3 km | Not mapped | 87% |