Johnstown flood map & planning overlays
At 259 ha, Johnstown's median block is the 4th-largest in Gympie Regional.
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 Johnstown
(Gympie Regional, QLD) - 12.31 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
12.31 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Johnstown'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Johnstown
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
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.
Johnstown at a glance
Schools in and near Johnstown
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: 11.28 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 20.31 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 Johnstown address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Johnstown is zoned
Selling in Johnstown? 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 12.31 km², Johnstown is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 56% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 9% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 2,593,206 m² across 7 parcels.
Who lives in Johnstown
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Johnstown 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 930, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilkivan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Johnstown. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Johnstown itself.
3,024 in 2001 to 3,959 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Johnstown 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 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 Johnstown 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 →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 Johnstown. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Johnstown lot.
Johnstown planning - frequently asked
Is Johnstown flood-prone?
About 56% of Johnstown falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 41%. Published flood models are held over parts of Johnstown; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Johnstown bushfire-prone?
Around 9% of Johnstown is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gympie Regional average of 67%.
Is Johnstown under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 25% of Johnstown in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,500 ft. 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 Johnstown?
The dominant planning zone in Johnstown is Rural.
Does Johnstown have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Johnstown.
What is the typical lot size in Johnstown?
Across 7 surveyed parcels in Johnstown, the median lot size is about 2,593,206 m².
Is Johnstown an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Johnstown scores 930 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barambah | 7.9 km | 48% | 48% |
| Elgin Vale | 10.6 km | 38% | 52% |
| Manumbar | 14.7 km | 44% | 60% |
| Kinbombi | 19.1 km | 39% | 69% |
| Manyung | 21.1 km | 43% | 41% |
| Goomeri | 22.4 km | 46% | 40% |
| Wrattens Forest | 22.5 km | 35% | 86% |
| Mount Stanley Somerset Regional |
23.6 km | 1% | 72% |
| Cinnabar | 25.1 km | 44% | 58% |
| Black Snake | 26.6 km | 36% | 89% |