Windorah zoning & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Windorah
(Barcoo Shire, QLD) - 8834.14 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
8834.14 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Windorah's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Windorah at a glance
Schools in and near Windorah
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 134.77 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 Windorah is zoned
Selling in Windorah? 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 8834.14 km², Windorah is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 3% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 10,221 m² across 307 parcels.
Who lives in Windorah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Windorah 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 959, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Windorah's 104 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Far Central West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Windorah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Windorah itself.
2,925 in 2001 to 2,227 in 2025, down 24%.
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.
Windorah data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 Windorah 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Windorah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Windorah planning - frequently asked
Is Windorah flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Windorah, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Barcoo Shire is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Windorah bushfire-prone?
Around 3% of Windorah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Barcoo Shire average of 6%.
What is the zoning in Windorah?
The dominant planning zone in Windorah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township.
Does Windorah have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Windorah.
What is the typical lot size in Windorah?
Across 307 surveyed parcels in Windorah, the median lot size is about 10,221 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Windorah?
At the 2021 Census Windorah had 104 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Far Central West statistical area, which contains Windorah, went from 2,925 people in 2001 to 2,227 in 2025, down 24%.
Is Windorah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Windorah scores 959 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Windorah?
Median household income in Windorah was $2,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,437 for the typical suburb in Barcoo Shire. Median rent was $90 a week.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jundah | 87.3 km | <1% | 12% |
| Eromanga Quilpie Shire |
97.4 km | Not mapped | 8% |
| Tanbar | 121.1 km | 0% | 3% |
| Farrars Creek | 129.5 km | 1% | 6% |
| Stonehenge | 141.1 km | <1% | 8% |
| Yaraka Longreach Regional |
192.3 km | Not mapped | 42% |
| Isisford Longreach Regional |
198.8 km | Not mapped | 10% |
| Diamantina Lakes Diamantina Shire |
205.6 km | 14% | 4% |
| Durham Bulloo Shire |
216.2 km | 0% | 2% |
| Quilpie Quilpie Shire |
225.7 km | Not mapped | 13% |