Harrisville flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Harrisville (Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 31.85 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Harrisville properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 452 Harrisville properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Harrisville flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 452 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Harrisville; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

26.3%

119 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Defined Flood Event: 119

Source: Scenic Rim Regional 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.

Harrisville at a glance

Parcels 559 Median lot 3,297 m² Mapped easements 92 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Harrisville

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

1

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: 15.41 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 Harrisville is zoned

Rural 96%
Township 3%
Community Facilities 1%
Recreation and Open Space 0%
Limited Development 0%

Selling in Harrisville? 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 31.85 km², Harrisville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 21% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 3,297 m² across 559 parcels.

Who lives in Harrisville

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Harrisville suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
667
usual residents, 2021
Median age
41
years
Median household income
$1,533
per week, Scenic Rim Regional suburb typical $1,562
Median rent
$285
per week, Scenic Rim Regional suburb typical $300
Median mortgage
$1,351
per month
Household size
2.8
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 946, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Harrisville's 667 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.3%
5-14 14.3%
15-19 8.2%
20-24 4.7%
25-34 11.5%
35-44 12.7%
45-54 11.5%
55-64 13.7%
65-74 11.2%
75-84 6.4%
85+ 0.5%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Harrisville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Harrisville itself.

9,556 in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.

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.

Harrisville 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
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 19 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 Harrisville 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.

Published flood models are held over parts of Harrisville. 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 (+$9 with the planning report).

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Harrisville lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Harrisville planning - frequently asked

Is Harrisville flood-prone?

About 26% of Harrisville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 25% of the 452 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 73 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Harrisville bushfire-prone?

Around 21% of Harrisville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.

What is the zoning in Harrisville?

The dominant planning zone in Harrisville is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Community Facilities.

Does Harrisville have heritage-listed places?

Harrisville has 9 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Harrisville hilly or flat?

Harrisville is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 48 m to 98 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Harrisville?

Across 559 surveyed parcels in Harrisville, the median lot size is about 3,297 m². There are also 92 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Harrisville?

At the 2021 Census Harrisville had 667 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Boonah statistical area, which contains Harrisville, went from 9,556 people in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.

Is Harrisville an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Harrisville scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Harrisville?

Median household income in Harrisville was $1,533 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Scenic Rim Regional. Median rent was $285 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,351 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Wilsons Plains 3.9 km 28% 10%
Milora 4.5 km <1% 10%
Mutdapilly 5.3 km 37% 21%
Limestone Ridges 5.7 km 0% 33%
Radford 6.2 km 69% 20%
Peak Crossing 6.9 km 13% 42%
Warrill View 7.5 km 31% 28%
Anthony 8.0 km 0% 35%
Munbilla 8.3 km 26% 28%
Mutdapilly
Ipswich City
9.3 km 59% 36%

See all Scenic Rim Regional suburb profiles →