Lyons flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Lyons (Logan City, QLD) - 44.18 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Lyons properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 12 Lyons properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Lyons at a glance

Parcels 53 Median lot 528,583 m² Mapped easements 8 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 68%

Schools in and near Lyons

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

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

Nearest school availability

Primary: 3.79 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 3.79 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 Lyons is zoned

Environmental Management and Conservation 83%
Rural 17%
Priority Development 0%

Selling in Lyons? 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 44.18 km², Lyons is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 97% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental Management and Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 528,583 m² across 53 parcels.

Who lives in Lyons

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

Population
39
usual residents, 2021

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

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Flagstone (West) - New Beith, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lyons. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lyons itself.

1,654 in 2001 to 13,360 in 2025, up 708%.

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.

Lyons property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Flagstone (West) - New Beith, the wider statistical area containing Lyons. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$1,105,000

Median sale price from 248 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.

Lyons 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
Market statisticsAvailable at SA2 levelQueensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO)

Profile last materially updated 12 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 Lyons 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.

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 Lyons lot.

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Lyons planning - frequently asked

Is Lyons flood-prone?

About 21% of Lyons falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 12 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 12 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Lyons bushfire-prone?

Around 97% of Lyons is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Logan City average of 54%.

What is the zoning in Lyons?

The dominant planning zone in Lyons is Environmental Management and Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Priority Development.

Does Lyons have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Lyons.

Is Lyons hilly or flat?

Lyons is hilly: the median ground slope is about 14%, and 50% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 74 m to 116 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Lyons?

Across 53 surveyed parcels in Lyons, the median lot size is about 528,583 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Lyons an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lyons scores 949 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Undullah 5.8 km 18% 94%
South Ripley
Ipswich City
6.9 km 20% 77%
Flinders Lakes 7.0 km 22% 91%
Silverbark Ridge 7.0 km 27% 96%
Peak Crossing
Ipswich City
7.2 km 12% 77%
Monarch Glen 7.6 km 24% 100%
Spring Mountain
Ipswich City
7.7 km 10% 100%
New Beith 8.5 km 26% 80%
White Rock
Ipswich City
8.8 km 10% 100%
Kagaru 9.2 km 67% 41%

See all Logan City suburb profiles →