Woolooman flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Woolooman
(Scenic Rim Regional, QLD) - 16.9 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
16.9 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woolooman's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Woolooman properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 42 Woolooman properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 42 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Woolooman.
Woolooman flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 42 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Woolooman; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
3 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
Source: Scenic Rim Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Woolooman at a glance
Schools in and near Woolooman
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: 5.66 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 13.38 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 Woolooman is zoned
Selling in Woolooman? 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 16.9 km², Woolooman is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 80% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 227,976 m² across 57 parcels.
Who lives in Woolooman
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woolooman 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 1017, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Boonah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woolooman. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woolooman itself.
9,556 in 2001 to 13,450 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Woolooman 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 Woolooman 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 Woolooman. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$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 Woolooman lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Woolooman planning - frequently asked
Is Woolooman flood-prone?
About 5% of Woolooman falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Across the suburb, 7% of the 42 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 3 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Woolooman bushfire-prone?
Around 80% of Woolooman is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Scenic Rim Regional average of 52%.
What is the zoning in Woolooman?
The dominant planning zone in Woolooman is Rural.
Does Woolooman have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Woolooman.
Is Woolooman hilly or flat?
Woolooman is hilly: the median ground slope is about 18%, and 62% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 78 m to 248 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Woolooman?
Across 57 surveyed parcels in Woolooman, the median lot size is about 227,976 m².
Is Woolooman an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woolooman scores 1017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milbong | 4.0 km | 7% | 40% |
| Washpool | 4.0 km | 9% | 58% |
| Limestone Ridges | 6.3 km | 0% | 33% |
| Undullah | 6.4 km | 18% | 96% |
| Wyaralong | 7.1 km | 15% | 83% |
| Anthony | 8.1 km | 0% | 35% |
| Roadvale | 8.3 km | 4% | 17% |
| Milora | 8.3 km | <1% | 10% |
| Undullah Logan City |
9.0 km | 18% | 94% |
| Blantyre | 9.6 km | 0% | 29% |