Alice River flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Alice River
(Townsville City, QLD) - 39.8 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
39.8 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Alice River's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Alice River properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,178 Alice River properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,178 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Alice River.
Alice River at a glance
Schools in and near Alice River
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: 4.76 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.76 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 Alice River is zoned
Selling in Alice River? 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 39.8 km², Alice River is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 72% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 4,092 m² across 1,218 parcels.
Recent development applications in Alice River
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Townsville City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 20 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 91 (79% lower in the latest period).
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 16 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Alice River
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Alice River 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 1026, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Alice River's 2,685 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bohle Plains, the wider ABS statistical area containing Alice River. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Alice River itself.
2,671 in 2001 to 10,466 in 2025, up 292%.
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.
Alice River 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
Profile last materially updated 12 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 Alice River 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.
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 Alice River lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Alice River planning - frequently asked
Is Alice River flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Alice River and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 39%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,178 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Alice River bushfire-prone?
Around 72% of Alice River is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Alice River?
The dominant planning zone in Alice River is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Sport and Recreation.
Does Alice River have heritage-listed places?
Alice River has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Alice River hilly or flat?
Alice River is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 41 m to 56 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Alice River?
Across 1,218 surveyed parcels in Alice River, the median lot size is about 4,092 m². There are also 224 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Alice River?
At the 2021 Census Alice River had 2,685 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Bohle Plains statistical area, which contains Alice River, went from 2,671 people in 2001 to 10,466 in 2025, up 292%.
Is Alice River an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Alice River scores 1026 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Alice River?
Median household income in Alice River was $2,468 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $415 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangewood | 5.6 km | 0% | 60% |
| Gumlow | 7.0 km | 0% | 50% |
| Bohle Plains | 8.7 km | 0% | 59% |
| Hervey Range | 9.7 km | <1% | 92% |
| Black River | 10.4 km | 4% | 45% |
| Condon | 10.5 km | 5% | 27% |
| Rasmussen | 10.9 km | 8% | 16% |
| Kelso | 11.1 km | 2% | 40% |
| Jensen | 11.1 km | 0% | 40% |
| Kirwan | 11.4 km | 32% | 8% |