Kents Pocket flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kents Pocket
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 3.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
3.95 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kents Pocket's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kents Pocket properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 24 Kents Pocket properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 24 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kents Pocket.
Kents Pocket flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 24 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Kents Pocket; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
10 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 10
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.
Kents Pocket at a glance
Schools in and near Kents Pocket
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: 1.16 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.76 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 Kents Pocket is zoned
Selling in Kents Pocket? 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 3.95 km², Kents Pocket is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 122,583 m² across 24 parcels.
Who lives in Kents Pocket
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kents Pocket 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.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kents Pocket. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kents Pocket 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.
Kents Pocket 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 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 Kents Pocket 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 Kents Pocket. 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 Kents Pocket lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kents Pocket planning - frequently asked
Is Kents Pocket flood-prone?
About 6% of Kents Pocket falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 42% of the 24 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 8 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Kents Pocket bushfire-prone?
Around 16% of Kents Pocket is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Kents Pocket?
The dominant planning zone in Kents Pocket is Rural.
Does Kents Pocket have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kents Pocket.
Is Kents Pocket hilly or flat?
Kents Pocket is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 103 m to 192 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kents Pocket?
Across 24 surveyed parcels in Kents Pocket, the median lot size is about 122,583 m². There are also 6 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Kents Pocket an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kents Pocket 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).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Templin | 2.3 km | <1% | 38% |
| Hoya | 2.5 km | <1% | 22% |
| Boonah | 3.5 km | 26% | 25% |
| Mount French | 3.6 km | 0% | 64% |
| Dugandan | 3.8 km | 34% | 6% |
| Teviotville | 4.6 km | 0% | 28% |
| Frenches Creek | 4.8 km | 7% | 41% |
| Fassifern Valley | 5.5 km | 1% | 37% |
| Kulgun | 6.6 km | 0% | 34% |
| Milford | 7.0 km | 0% | 13% |