Silver Valley flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Silver Valley
(Tablelands Regional, QLD) - 332.24 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
332.24 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Silver Valley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Silver Valley at a glance
Schools in and near Silver Valley
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: 4.48 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.39 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 Silver Valley is zoned
Selling in Silver Valley? 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 332.24 km², Silver Valley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 95,827 m² across 154 parcels.
Who lives in Silver Valley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Silver Valley 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 870, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Silver Valley's 145 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Herberton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Silver Valley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Silver Valley itself.
5,236 in 2001 to 5,730 in 2025, up 9%.
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.
Silver Valley 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 12 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 Silver Valley 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 Silver Valley. 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 Silver Valley lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Silver Valley planning - frequently asked
Is Silver Valley flood-prone?
About 26% of Silver Valley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%.
Is Silver Valley bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Silver Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tablelands Regional average of 40%.
What is the zoning in Silver Valley?
The dominant planning zone in Silver Valley is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Low density residential.
Does Silver Valley have heritage-listed places?
Silver Valley has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Silver Valley?
Across 154 surveyed parcels in Silver Valley, the median lot size is about 95,827 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Silver Valley?
At the 2021 Census Silver Valley had 145 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Herberton statistical area, which contains Silver Valley, went from 5,236 people in 2001 to 5,730 in 2025, up 9%.
Is Silver Valley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Silver Valley scores 870 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Silver Valley?
Median household income in Silver Valley was $575 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,156 for the typical suburb in Tablelands Regional. Median rent was $100 a week and the median mortgage repayment $793 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaban | 12.6 km | 30% | 87% |
| Millstream | 14.1 km | 34% | 98% |
| Kalunga | 16.5 km | 33% | 98% |
| Tumoulin | 17.6 km | 29% | 96% |
| Herberton | 20.5 km | 26% | 98% |
| Wondecla | 21.9 km | 31% | 88% |
| Mount Garnet | 24.0 km | 29% | 96% |
| Evelyn | 24.1 km | 31% | 25% |
| Moomin | 25.4 km | 28% | 94% |
| Ravenshoe | 25.6 km | 32% | 55% |