Ellinjaa flood map & planning overlays
Ellinjaa households earn $2,100 a week, 2nd on the Tablelands.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ellinjaa
(Tablelands Regional, QLD) - 24.73 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
24.73 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ellinjaa's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Ellinjaa
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 to
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Ellinjaa at a glance
Schools in and near Ellinjaa
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: 2.28 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 14.96 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 Ellinjaa address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Ellinjaa is zoned
Selling in Ellinjaa? 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 24.73 km², Ellinjaa is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 38% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 555,407 m² across 54 parcels.
Who lives in Ellinjaa
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ellinjaa 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 958, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ellinjaa's 66 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Malanda - Yungaburra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ellinjaa. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ellinjaa itself.
7,816 in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Ellinjaa 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 |
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 Ellinjaa 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Ellinjaa. 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 Ellinjaa lot.
Ellinjaa planning - frequently asked
Is Ellinjaa flood-prone?
About 38% of Ellinjaa falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Published flood models are held over parts of Ellinjaa; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Ellinjaa bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Ellinjaa and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Tablelands Regional average is 40%).
Is Ellinjaa under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Ellinjaa in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Ellinjaa?
The dominant planning zone in Ellinjaa is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Ellinjaa have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Ellinjaa.
What is the typical lot size in Ellinjaa?
Across 54 surveyed parcels in Ellinjaa, the median lot size is about 555,407 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Ellinjaa?
At the 2021 Census Ellinjaa had 66 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area, which contains Ellinjaa, went from 7,816 people in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Ellinjaa an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ellinjaa scores 958 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 Ellinjaa?
Median household income in Ellinjaa was $2,100 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,156 for the typical suburb in Tablelands Regional. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,467 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millaa Millaa | 2.8 km | 37% | <1% |
| Mungalli | 5.8 km | 30% | <1% |
| Middlebrook | 6.5 km | 41% | <1% |
| Moregatta | 7.4 km | 40% | <1% |
| Tarzali | 8.9 km | 41% | 1% |
| Beatrice | 10.0 km | 34% | 3% |
| Topaz | 11.1 km | 35% | 1% |
| Maalan | 12.7 km | 35% | <1% |
| Jaggan | 13.3 km | 39% | 1% |
| Palmerston | 13.4 km | 34% | 0% |