Areas / Diamantina Shire / Diamantina Lakes

This page covers the Diamantina Lakes suburb only. For all of Diamantina, see the Diamantina flood map by suburb →

Diamantina Lakes flood map & planning overlays

A median lot of 6,617 ha. Lakes by name, land on a vast scale.

A planning-constraint profile of Diamantina Lakes (Diamantina Shire, QLD) - 21688.16 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.

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

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Diamantina Lakes at a glance

Parcels 46 Median lot 66,166,060 m² Mapped easements 10 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Diamantina Lakes

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

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

Nearest school availability

Primary: 70.69 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 172.06 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 Diamantina Lakes address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Diamantina Lakes is zoned

Rural 68%
Recreation and open space 32%

Selling in Diamantina Lakes? 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 21688.16 km², Diamantina Lakes is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 4% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 66,166,060 m² across 46 parcels.

Diamantina Lakes 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
Observed flight pathsNot watchedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsNot availableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 5 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 Diamantina Lakes address

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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 Diamantina Lakes lot.

Diamantina Lakes planning - frequently asked

Is Diamantina Lakes flood-prone?

About 14% of Diamantina Lakes falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.

Is Diamantina Lakes bushfire-prone?

Around 4% of Diamantina Lakes is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Diamantina Shire average of 4%.

What is the zoning in Diamantina Lakes?

The dominant planning zone in Diamantina Lakes is Rural, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space.

Does Diamantina Lakes have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Diamantina Lakes.

What is the typical lot size in Diamantina Lakes?

Across 46 surveyed parcels in Diamantina Lakes, the median lot size is about 66,166,060 m². There are also 10 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Stonehenge
Barcoo Shire
124.0 km <1% 8%
Min Min
Boulia Shire
129.7 km Not mapped 12%
Farrars Creek
Barcoo Shire
144.0 km 1% 6%
Middleton
Winton Shire
145.0 km 6% 26%
Opalton
Winton Shire
153.4 km <1% 13%
Warburton
Boulia Shire
172.0 km Not mapped 21%
Wills
Boulia Shire
174.8 km 0% 6%
Boulia
Boulia Shire
183.1 km 17% 15%
Warenda
Boulia Shire
202.0 km Not mapped 6%
Bedourie 203.8 km 9% 2%

See all Diamantina Shire suburb profiles →