Maalan flood map & planning overlays
Maalan spreads over 81 ha lots, with flood mapped across 35.1%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Maalan
(Tablelands Regional, QLD) - 24.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
24.15 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Maalan's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Maalan at a glance
Schools in and near Maalan
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: 6.89 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.75 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 Maalan address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Maalan is zoned
Selling in Maalan? 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 24.15 km², Maalan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 35% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 810,323 m² across 26 parcels.
Who lives in Maalan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Maalan 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 955, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Malanda - Yungaburra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Maalan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Maalan 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.
Maalan 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | 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 Maalan 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 Maalan. 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 Maalan lot.
Maalan planning - frequently asked
Is Maalan flood-prone?
About 35% of Maalan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Published flood models are held over parts of Maalan; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Maalan bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Maalan and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Tablelands Regional average is 40%).
What is the zoning in Maalan?
The dominant planning zone in Maalan is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Maalan have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Maalan.
What is the typical lot size in Maalan?
Across 26 surveyed parcels in Maalan, the median lot size is about 810,323 m².
Is Maalan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Maalan scores 955 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice | 5.4 km | 34% | 3% |
| Middlebrook | 6.6 km | 41% | <1% |
| Palmerston | 7.5 km | 34% | 0% |
| Ravenshoe | 11.0 km | 32% | 55% |
| Mungalli | 12.3 km | 30% | <1% |
| Ellinjaa | 12.7 km | 38% | <1% |
| Moregatta | 13.0 km | 40% | <1% |
| Millaa Millaa | 13.0 km | 37% | <1% |
| Evelyn | 15.4 km | 31% | 25% |
| Palmerston Cassowary Coast Regional |
15.4 km | 32% | 0% |