Mount Barney flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Barney
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 82.67 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
82.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Barney's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Barney properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 40 Mount Barney properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 40 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Barney.
Mount Barney flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 40 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Mount Barney; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
19 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 19
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 Barney at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Barney
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: 5.41 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 16.82 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 Barney is zoned
Selling in Mount Barney? 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 82.67 km², Mount Barney is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 89% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 16 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 200,404 m² across 76 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Barney
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Barney 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 904, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Barney's 46 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaudesert, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Barney. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Barney itself.
9,977 in 2001 to 16,642 in 2025, up 67%.
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 Barney 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 Mount Barney 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 Mount Barney. 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 Mount Barney lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Barney planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Barney flood-prone?
About 2% of Mount Barney falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 48% of the 40 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 18 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Barney bushfire-prone?
Around 89% of Mount Barney is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Mount Barney?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Barney is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Community Facilities.
Does Mount Barney have heritage-listed places?
Mount Barney has 16 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Mount Barney hilly or flat?
Mount Barney is hilly: the median ground slope is about 15%, and 48% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 170 m to 405 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Barney?
Across 76 surveyed parcels in Mount Barney, the median lot size is about 200,404 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Mount Barney an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Barney scores 904 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lindesay | 6.4 km | 0% | 94% |
| Barney View | 8.4 km | 3% | 51% |
| Palen Creek | 8.8 km | 4% | 70% |
| Maroon | 9.7 km | 2% | 64% |
| Burnett Creek | 10.8 km | 0% | 79% |
| Rathdowney | 13.4 km | 11% | 86% |
| Tamrookum Creek | 17.8 km | <1% | 91% |
| Coochin | 17.9 km | 10% | 64% |
| Croftby | 18.2 km | 12% | 63% |
| Carneys Creek | 18.7 km | 2% | 75% |