Pelican flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Pelican
(Western Downs Regional, QLD) - 98.98 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
98.98 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Pelican's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Pelican at a glance
Schools in and near Pelican
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: 13.63 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 16.93 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 Pelican is zoned
Selling in Pelican? 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 98.98 km², Pelican is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 83% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 25% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,872,598 m² across 47 parcels.
Who lives in Pelican
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Pelican 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 1033, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Chinchilla, the wider ABS statistical area containing Pelican. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Pelican itself.
5,677 in 2001 to 9,159 in 2025, up 61%.
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.
Pelican 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 Pelican 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 Pelican. 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 Pelican lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Pelican planning - frequently asked
Is Pelican flood-prone?
About 83% of Pelican falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 49%.
Is Pelican bushfire-prone?
Around 25% of Pelican is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Western Downs Regional average of 43%.
What is the zoning in Pelican?
The dominant planning zone in Pelican is Rural, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Community facilities.
Does Pelican have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Pelican.
What is the typical lot size in Pelican?
Across 47 surveyed parcels in Pelican, the median lot size is about 1,872,598 m². There are also 11 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Pelican an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Pelican scores 1033 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canaga | 10.7 km | 58% | 39% |
| Fairyland | 12.2 km | 40% | 84% |
| Burncluith | 14.2 km | 65% | 33% |
| Langlands | 15.1 km | 81% | 5% |
| Chances Plain | 16.3 km | 55% | 11% |
| Wychie | 17.6 km | 84% | 4% |
| Red Hill | 20.5 km | 42% | 54% |
| Tuckerang | 23.1 km | 96% | 9% |
| Jinghi | 23.5 km | 49% | 46% |
| Boonarga | 24.6 km | 60% | 19% |