Mount Alford flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Alford
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 40.09 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
40.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Alford's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Alford properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 237 Mount Alford properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 237 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Alford.
Mount Alford flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 237 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Mount Alford; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
48 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 48
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.
Mount Alford at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Alford
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 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: 9.12 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 Mount Alford is zoned
Selling in Mount Alford? 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 40.09 km², Mount Alford is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 42,881 m² across 251 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Alford
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Alford 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 990, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Alford's 294 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Alford. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Alford 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.
Mount Alford 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 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 Mount Alford 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 Mount Alford lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Alford planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Alford flood-prone?
About 12% of Mount Alford falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 20% of the 237 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 43 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Alford bushfire-prone?
Around 56% of Mount Alford is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Mount Alford?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Alford is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Community Facilities.
Does Mount Alford have heritage-listed places?
Mount Alford has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Mount Alford hilly or flat?
Mount Alford is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 20% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 111 m to 342 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Alford?
Across 251 surveyed parcels in Mount Alford, the median lot size is about 42,881 m². There are also 13 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Alford?
At the 2021 Census Mount Alford had 294 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Boonah statistical area, which contains Mount Alford, went from 9,556 people in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Mount Alford an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Alford scores 990 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Alford?
Median household income in Mount Alford was $1,275 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Scenic Rim Regional. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunjurgen | 4.2 km | 22% | 42% |
| Wallaces Creek | 4.7 km | 2% | 65% |
| Frenches Creek | 6.5 km | 7% | 41% |
| Coochin | 7.5 km | 10% | 64% |
| Charlwood | 7.9 km | 3% | 65% |
| Croftby | 8.3 km | 12% | 63% |
| Bunburra | 8.3 km | <1% | 38% |
| Dugandan | 8.4 km | 34% | 6% |
| Mount French | 8.9 km | 0% | 64% |
| Mount Edwards | 10.2 km | 5% | 95% |