Annandale flood map & planning overlays
Annandale has the most schools in Townsville City, 6, for 8,376 residents.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Annandale
(Townsville City, QLD) - 6.78 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Annandale's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Annandale properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,129 analysed Annandale properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,129 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Annandale.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Annandale
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 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Annandale at a glance
Schools in and near Annandale
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
4 schools providing primary years and 4 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Annandale address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Annandale is zoned
Selling in Annandale? 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 6.78 km², Annandale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 95% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 15% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 771 m² across 3,124 parcels.
Recent development applications in Annandale
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 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 67 (52% 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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Annandale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Annandale 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 1038, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Annandale's 8,376 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Annandale (Qld), the wider ABS statistical area containing Annandale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Annandale itself.
9,323 in 2001 to 10,353 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Annandale 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 7 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 Annandale 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 80% of Annandale. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Annandale. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Annandale lot.
Annandale planning - frequently asked
Is Annandale flood-prone?
About 95% of Annandale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 3,129 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Annandale; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Annandale bushfire-prone?
Around 15% of Annandale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Annandale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 80% of Annandale, and over about 93% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Annandale?
The dominant planning zone in Annandale is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Sport and Recreation.
Does Annandale have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Annandale.
Is Annandale hilly or flat?
Annandale is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 14 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Annandale?
Across 3,124 surveyed parcels in Annandale, the median lot size is about 771 m². There are also 122 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Annandale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Annandale itself. The suburb is served by 31 bus stops.
What is the population of Annandale?
At the 2021 Census Annandale had 8,376 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Annandale (Qld) statistical area, which contains Annandale, went from 9,323 people in 2001 to 10,353 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Annandale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Annandale scores 1038 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 Annandale?
Median household income in Annandale was $2,238 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mundingburra | 1.3 km | 100% | 18% |
| Aitkenvale | 1.9 km | 91% | 3% |
| Rosslea | 2.4 km | 100% | <1% |
| Mysterton | 2.7 km | 100% | 1% |
| Gulliver | 2.7 km | 100% | 2% |
| Idalia | 2.9 km | 100% | <1% |
| Pimlico | 3.2 km | 100% | 13% |
| Cranbrook | 3.2 km | 74% | 8% |
| Murray | 3.3 km | 23% | 81% |
| Vincent | 3.6 km | 91% | 0% |