Windeyer flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Windeyer
(Blackall Tambo Regional, QLD) - 2073.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
2073.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Windeyer's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Windeyer at a glance
Schools in and near Windeyer
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: 6.64 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.64 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 Windeyer is zoned
Selling in Windeyer? 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 2073.27 km², Windeyer is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 69% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 6,951,134 m² across 68 parcels.
Who lives in Windeyer
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Windeyer 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 1020, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Barcaldine - Blackall, the wider ABS statistical area containing Windeyer. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Windeyer itself.
5,868 in 2001 to 4,912 in 2025, down 16%.
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.
Windeyer 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 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.
Check a specific Windeyer address
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See what's in the $9 report →Windeyer planning - frequently asked
Is Windeyer flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Windeyer and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%).
Is Windeyer bushfire-prone?
Around 69% of Windeyer is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Blackall Tambo Regional average of 22%.
What is the zoning in Windeyer?
The dominant planning zone in Windeyer is Rural.
Does Windeyer have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Windeyer.
What is the typical lot size in Windeyer?
Across 68 surveyed parcels in Windeyer, the median lot size is about 6,951,134 m².
Is Windeyer an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Windeyer scores 1020 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Enniskillen | 38.6 km | Not mapped | 18% |
| Tambo | 39.7 km | 1% | 9% |
| Macfarlane | 54.8 km | Not mapped | 2% |
| Yandarlo | 66.6 km | Not mapped | 16% |
| Caldervale | 67.9 km | 7% | 69% |
| Lansdowne | 68.8 km | Not mapped | 12% |
| Minnie Downs | 84.9 km | Not mapped | 2% |
| Nive Murweh Shire |
96.7 km | Not mapped | 11% |
| Bayrick | 99.3 km | Not mapped | 14% |
| Lumeah | 109.0 km | Not mapped | 12% |