Seventeen Mile flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Seventeen Mile
(Lockyer Valley Regional, QLD) - 54.36 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
54.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Seventeen Mile's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Seventeen Mile at a glance
Schools in and near Seventeen Mile
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: 7.16 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 8.99 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 Seventeen Mile is zoned
Selling in Seventeen Mile? 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 54.36 km², Seventeen Mile is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The median lot measures about 609,661 m² across 38 parcels.
Who lives in Seventeen Mile
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Seventeen Mile 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 973, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lockyer Valley - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Seventeen Mile. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Seventeen Mile itself.
8,973 in 2001 to 13,029 in 2025, up 45%.
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.
Seventeen Mile 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 Seventeen Mile 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 Seventeen Mile. 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 Seventeen Mile lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Seventeen Mile planning - frequently asked
Is Seventeen Mile flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Seventeen Mile and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay.
Is Seventeen Mile bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Seventeen Mile is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Lockyer Valley Regional average of 63%.
What is the zoning in Seventeen Mile?
The dominant planning zone in Seventeen Mile is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural.
Does Seventeen Mile have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Seventeen Mile.
What is the typical lot size in Seventeen Mile?
Across 38 surveyed parcels in Seventeen Mile, the median lot size is about 609,661 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Seventeen Mile an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Seventeen Mile scores 973 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain | 6.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Palmtree Toowoomba Regional |
6.7 km | 0% | 89% |
| Vinegar Hill | 7.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Buaraba South | 7.9 km | 0% | 99% |
| Ringwood | 8.9 km | Not mapped | 94% |
| Helidon | 9.3 km | Not mapped | 82% |
| Grantham | 9.3 km | Not mapped | 73% |
| Upper Lockyer | 11.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Lockyer | 12.1 km | Not mapped | 99% |
| Helidon Spa | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 86% |