Mount Archer flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Archer
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 50.53 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
50.53 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Archer's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Mount Archer at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Archer
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: 5.90 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.73 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 Archer is zoned
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Mount Archer, so this page can't show its zone mix. That is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning - every lot in Mount Archer sits in a zone under the Somerset Regional planning scheme, and Somerset Regional is the authority to check it with. The other overlays on this page are unaffected.
Across its 50.53 km², Mount Archer is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record. The median lot measures about 21,115 m² across 155 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Archer
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Archer 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 931, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Archer's 331 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kilcoy, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Archer. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Archer itself.
4,029 in 2001 to 6,216 in 2025, up 54%.
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 Archer 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 | Not 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 Archer address
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See what's in the $9 report →Mount Archer planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Archer flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mount Archer and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%).
Is Mount Archer bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Mount Archer is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
What is the zoning in Mount Archer?
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Mount Archer, so this page can't say how it is zoned - that is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning. Somerset Regional publishes the zone maps for this area.
Does Mount Archer have heritage-listed places?
Mount Archer has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Archer?
Across 155 surveyed parcels in Mount Archer, the median lot size is about 21,115 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Archer?
At the 2021 Census Mount Archer had 331 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Kilcoy statistical area, which contains Mount Archer, went from 4,029 people in 2001 to 6,216 in 2025, up 54%.
Is Mount Archer an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Archer scores 931 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Archer?
Median household income in Mount Archer was $1,607 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,312 for the typical suburb in Somerset Regional. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,907 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Delaney Moreton Bay City |
5.1 km | 18% | 81% |
| Neurum Moreton Bay City |
5.8 km | 38% | 63% |
| Westvale | 6.7 km | Not mapped | 29% |
| Villeneuve | 7.0 km | 0% | 50% |
| Glenfern | 8.3 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| Royston | 9.3 km | <1% | 54% |
| Mount Mee Moreton Bay City |
10.2 km | 9% | 82% |
| Winya | 10.4 km | Not mapped | 24% |
| Delaneys Creek Moreton Bay City |
11.0 km | 18% | 83% |
| Stony Creek Moreton Bay City |
11.1 km | 35% | 66% |