Bajool flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bajool (Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 588.43 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Bajool properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 589 Bajool properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Bajool flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 589 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Bajool; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

6.8%

40 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Historic Flood 2011: 38
  • Historic Flood 2017: 21

Source: Rockhampton 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.

Bajool at a glance

Parcels 645 Median lot 280,844 m² Mapped easements 156 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Bajool

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

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: 6.49 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 Bajool is zoned

Rural 93%
Environmental management and conservation 6%
Special purpose 0%
Special industry 0%
Unzoned 0%
Township 0%

Selling in Bajool? 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 588.43 km², Bajool is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 59% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 53% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 280,844 m² across 645 parcels.

Who lives in Bajool

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

Population
447
usual residents, 2021
Median age
44
years
Median household income
$1,262
per week, Rockhampton Regional suburb typical $1,327
Median rent
$238
per week, Rockhampton Regional suburb typical $255
Median mortgage
$1,690
per month
Household size
2.7
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 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 912, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bajool's 447 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.7%
5-14 19.8%
15-19 7.9%
20-24 3.1%
25-34 3.5%
35-44 13.0%
45-54 14.5%
55-64 12.1%
65-74 14.1%
75-84 5.9%
85+ 2.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

2,161 in 2001 to 1,972 in 2025, down 9%.

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.

Bajool 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
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Bajool 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 Bajool. 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 Bajool lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Bajool planning - frequently asked

Is Bajool flood-prone?

About 59% of Bajool falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 11% of the 589 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 58 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Bajool bushfire-prone?

Around 53% of Bajool is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 55%.

What is the zoning in Bajool?

The dominant planning zone in Bajool is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Special purpose.

Does Bajool have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Bajool.

Is Bajool hilly or flat?

Bajool is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 9% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 393 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Bajool?

Across 645 surveyed parcels in Bajool, the median lot size is about 280,844 m². There are also 156 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Bajool?

At the 2021 Census Bajool had 447 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Bouldercombe statistical area, which contains Bajool, went from 2,161 people in 2001 to 1,972 in 2025, down 9%.

Is Bajool an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bajool scores 912 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Bajool?

Median household income in Bajool was $1,262 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,327 for the typical suburb in Rockhampton Regional. Median rent was $238 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,690 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Marmor 15.8 km 58% 30%
Nine Mile Creek 16.3 km 23% 99%
Struck Oil 17.2 km 26% 100%
Limestone 17.4 km 21% 100%
Fletcher Creek 19.6 km 27% 73%
Hamilton Creek 19.8 km 37% 100%
Johnsons Hill 19.9 km 19% 100%
Mount Morgan 20.3 km 27% 100%
Leydens Hill 20.3 km 21% 100%
Raglan
Gladstone Regional
20.8 km 39% 61%

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