Mount Barney flood map & planning overlays
Mount Barney: 88.8% bushfire-mapped and 81.1% essential habitat.
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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 7 November 2026.
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. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Barney properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 40 analysed Mount Barney properties; no individual property result is identified.
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.
Has Mount Barney flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Mount Barney: 19 of the 40 properties we analysed (47.5%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Defined Flood Event: 19). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 40 analysed properties; 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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mount Barney
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Mount Barney at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Barney
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: 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.
Which school zone is a Mount Barney address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
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 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | 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 7 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 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.
See what's in the $9 report →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Mount Barney lot.
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 14%. 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. Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Barney; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has Mount Barney flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Mount Barney: 19 of the 40 properties we analysed (47.5%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Defined Flood Event: 19). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is Mount Barney bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of Mount Barney is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
Is Mount Barney under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 53% of Mount Barney in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,000 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
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 2 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 | Not mapped | 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 | Not mapped | 94% |
| 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% | 77% |