Myall Park flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Myall Park (Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 47.18 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Myall Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Myall Park at a glance

Parcels 29 Median lot 673,716 m² Mapped easements 9 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Myall Park

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 3.47 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 3.11 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 Myall Park is zoned

Rural 100%

Selling in Myall Park? 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 47.18 km², Myall Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 49% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 87% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 673,716 m² across 29 parcels.

Who lives in Myall Park

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Myall Park suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
17
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 946, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Miles - Wandoan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Myall Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Myall Park itself.

3,917 in 2001 to 4,394 in 2025, up 12%.

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.

Myall Park data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Myall Park 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 Myall Park. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Myall Park lot.

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Myall Park planning - frequently asked

Is Myall Park flood-prone?

About 49% of Myall Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.

Is Myall Park bushfire-prone?

Around 87% of Myall Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.

What is the zoning in Myall Park?

The dominant planning zone in Myall Park is Rural.

Does Myall Park have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Myall Park.

What is the typical lot size in Myall Park?

Across 29 surveyed parcels in Myall Park, the median lot size is about 673,716 m². There are also 9 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Myall Park an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Myall Park scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Dalwogon 10.8 km 26% 86%
Kowguran 11.0 km 27% 88%
Hookswood 14.5 km 47% 87%
Miles 17.2 km 45% 61%
Columboola 17.6 km 42% 53%
Gurulmundi 22.6 km 35% 98%
Cameby 26.7 km 38% 25%
Drillham 26.7 km 27% 25%
Goombi 27.3 km 53% 26%
Glenaubyn 28.5 km 25% 60%

See all Western Downs Regional suburb profiles →