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Quilpie flood map & planning overlays
Quilpie: 3 schools, 2,026 m² lots and a median age of 39.
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A planning-constraint profile of Quilpie
(Quilpie Shire, QLD) - 17846.57 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
17846.57 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Quilpie's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Quilpie at a glance
Schools in and near Quilpie
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
2 schools providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Quilpie address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Quilpie is zoned
Selling in Quilpie? 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 17846.57 km², Quilpie is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 13% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 2,026 m² across 954 parcels.
Who lives in Quilpie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Quilpie 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 942, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Quilpie's 530 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Far South West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Quilpie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Quilpie itself.
3,708 in 2001 to 2,791 in 2025, down 25%.
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.
Quilpie 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 | Not watched | 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 5 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Quilpie planning - frequently asked
Is Quilpie flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Quilpie and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 0%).
Is Quilpie bushfire-prone?
Around 13% of Quilpie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Quilpie Shire average of 15%.
What is the zoning in Quilpie?
The dominant planning zone in Quilpie is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Rural residential.
Does Quilpie have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Quilpie.
What is the typical lot size in Quilpie?
Across 954 surveyed parcels in Quilpie, the median lot size is about 2,026 m². There are also 51 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Quilpie?
At the 2021 Census Quilpie had 530 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Far South West statistical area, which contains Quilpie, went from 3,708 people in 2001 to 2,791 in 2025, down 25%.
Is Quilpie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Quilpie scores 942 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Quilpie?
Median household income in Quilpie was $1,303 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,303 for the typical suburb in Quilpie Shire. Median rent was $140 a week and the median mortgage repayment $884 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adavale | 109.7 km | <1% | 26% |
| Yowah Paroo Shire |
122.9 km | Not mapped | 16% |
| Humeburn Paroo Shire |
128.4 km | Not mapped | 19% |
| Cooladdi Murweh Shire |
140.3 km | 0% | 28% |
| Thargomindah Bulloo Shire |
144.8 km | <1% | 7% |
| Eromanga | 147.4 km | <1% | 8% |
| Murweh Murweh Shire |
160.5 km | Not mapped | 10% |
| Langlo Murweh Shire |
179.3 km | Not mapped | 17% |
| Eulo Paroo Shire |
180.0 km | <1% | 14% |
| Bakers Bend Murweh Shire |
190.3 km | Not mapped | 8% |