Mount Walker flood map & planning overlays
Mount Walker sits on a gentle 3.7% slope, despite the mount in its name.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mount Walker
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 33.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
33.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Walker'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 Walker properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 94 analysed Mount Walker properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 94 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Walker.
Has Mount Walker flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Mount Walker: 21 of the 94 properties we analysed (22.3%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Defined Flood Event: 21). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 94 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
21 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Defined Flood Event: 21
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 Walker
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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 Walker at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Walker
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: 5.85 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 11.75 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 Mount Walker address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Mount Walker is zoned
Selling in Mount Walker? 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 33.41 km², Mount Walker is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 28% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 329,326 m² across 107 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Walker
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Walker 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 997, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Walker's 129 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Walker. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Walker 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 Walker 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 Walker 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 65% of Mount Walker. 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 Walker. 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).
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 Walker lot.
Mount Walker planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Walker flood-prone?
About 8% of Mount Walker falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%. Across the suburb, 22% of the 94 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Walker; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has Mount Walker flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Mount Walker: 21 of the 94 properties we analysed (22.3%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Defined Flood Event: 21). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is Mount Walker bushfire-prone?
Around 28% of Mount Walker is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
Is Mount Walker under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 65% of Mount Walker, and over about 95% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Walker?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Walker is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities.
Does Mount Walker have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Walker.
Is Mount Walker hilly or flat?
Mount Walker is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 5% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 64 m to 218 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Walker?
Across 107 surveyed parcels in Mount Walker, the median lot size is about 329,326 m².
What is the population of Mount Walker?
At the 2021 Census Mount Walker had 129 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Boonah statistical area, which contains Mount Walker, went from 9,556 people in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Mount Walker an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Walker scores 997 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 Walker?
Median household income in Mount Walker was $1,343 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Scenic Rim Regional. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,928 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Walker West | 3.7 km | 11% | 13% |
| Coleyville | 4.1 km | 4% | 29% |
| Lower Mount Walker | 4.2 km | 11% | 28% |
| Mount Walker West Ipswich City |
5.9 km | Not mapped | 47% |
| Merryvale | 6.5 km | Not mapped | 42% |
| Mount Forbes | 7.4 km | 3% | 31% |
| Lower Mount Walker Ipswich City |
7.6 km | 26% | 34% |
| Warrill View | 8.2 km | 35% | 28% |
| Mount Forbes Ipswich City |
9.2 km | 15% | 55% |
| Rosevale | 10.3 km | 6% | 40% |