Tanbar flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Tanbar (Barcoo Shire, QLD) - 11467.25 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.

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

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Tanbar at a glance

Parcels 30 Median lot 150,646,871 m² Mapped easements 5 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Tanbar

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: 65.91 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 215.57 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 Tanbar is zoned

Rural 100%
Conservation 0%
Remote Areas 0%

Selling in Tanbar? 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 11467.25 km², Tanbar is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 3% 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 150,646,871 m² across 30 parcels.

Tanbar 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
DemographicsNot availableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 16 September 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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Tanbar planning - frequently asked

Is Tanbar flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Tanbar and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 0%).

Is Tanbar bushfire-prone?

Around 3% of Tanbar is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Barcoo Shire average of 6%.

What is the zoning in Tanbar?

The dominant planning zone in Tanbar is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Remote Areas.

Does Tanbar have heritage-listed places?

Tanbar has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Tanbar?

Across 30 surveyed parcels in Tanbar, the median lot size is about 150,646,871 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Farrars Creek 118.2 km 1% 6%
Windorah 121.1 km Not mapped 3%
Eromanga
Quilpie Shire
122.7 km Not mapped 8%
Durham
Bulloo Shire
129.5 km 0% 2%
Noccundra
Bulloo Shire
187.2 km Not mapped 3%
Jundah 207.1 km <1% 12%
Stonehenge 243.6 km <1% 8%
Cameron Corner
Bulloo Shire
243.5 km 0% 1%
Diamantina Lakes
Diamantina Shire
256.4 km 14% 4%
Quilpie
Quilpie Shire
266.4 km Not mapped 13%

See all Barcoo Shire suburb profiles →