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Yungaburra flood map & planning overlays

Yungaburra holds 17 heritage places, the most on the Tablelands.

A planning-constraint profile of Yungaburra (Tablelands Regional, QLD) - 17.03 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Yungaburra

The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.

Observed overflight - sampled to

No aircraft observed
0%
of the suburb, in the sampled period - a floor, not a census

Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.

How this is measured

Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.

Yungaburra at a glance

Parcels 1,094 Median lot 1,060 m² Mapped easements 202 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Yungaburra

Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.

Inside the suburb boundary

1

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: 7.16 km from the suburb boundary

Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.

Which school zone is a Yungaburra address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Yungaburra is zoned

Rural 70%
Community facilities 8%
Recreation and open space 6%
Low density residential 6%
Rural residential 4%
Emerging community 4%

Selling in Yungaburra? 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 17.03 km², Yungaburra is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 38% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 11% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,060 m² across 1,094 parcels.

Who lives in Yungaburra

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Yungaburra suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
1,272
usual residents, 2021
Median age
53
years
Median household income
$1,296
per week, Tablelands Regional suburb typical $1,156
Median rent
$290
per week, Tablelands Regional suburb typical $254
Median mortgage
$1,495
per month
Household size
2.2
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 988, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Yungaburra's 1,272 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.7%
5-14 10.8%
15-19 4.8%
20-24 2.8%
25-34 6.7%
35-44 9.9%
45-54 13.6%
55-64 15.3%
65-74 19.9%
75-84 9.9%
85+ 2.6%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Malanda - Yungaburra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Yungaburra. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Yungaburra itself.

7,816 in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 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.

Yungaburra 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
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 5 November 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 Yungaburra 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.

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Published flood models are held over parts of Yungaburra. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.

Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$9 with the planning report).

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Yungaburra lot.

Yungaburra planning - frequently asked

Is Yungaburra flood-prone?

About 38% of Yungaburra falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Published flood models are held over parts of Yungaburra; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Yungaburra bushfire-prone?

Around 11% of Yungaburra is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tablelands Regional average of 40%.

Is Yungaburra under a flight path?

No aircraft were observed over Yungaburra in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.

What is the zoning in Yungaburra?

The dominant planning zone in Yungaburra is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Recreation and open space.

Does Yungaburra have heritage-listed places?

Yungaburra has 17 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Yungaburra?

Across 1,094 surveyed parcels in Yungaburra, the median lot size is about 1,060 m². There are also 202 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Yungaburra?

At the 2021 Census Yungaburra had 1,272 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area, which contains Yungaburra, went from 7,816 people in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.

Is Yungaburra an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Yungaburra scores 988 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Yungaburra?

Median household income in Yungaburra was $1,296 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,156 for the typical suburb in Tablelands Regional. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,495 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Peeramon 4.7 km 32% 2%
Lake Barrine 6.2 km 25% 0%
East Barron 6.3 km 37% 8%
Lake Eacham 6.5 km 29% 4%
Barrine 7.0 km 24% 32%
Kureen 7.2 km 31% 0%
Kairi 8.5 km 30% 8%
Lake Tinaroo 8.6 km 98% 18%
North Johnstone 10.0 km 39% 0%
Malanda 11.4 km 43% <1%

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