Beach Holm flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Beach Holm
(Townsville City, QLD) - 12.1 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
12.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Beach Holm's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Beach Holm properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 73 Beach Holm properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 73 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Beach Holm.
Beach Holm at a glance
Schools in and near Beach Holm
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: 0.90 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.61 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 Beach Holm is zoned
Selling in Beach Holm? 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 12.1 km², Beach Holm is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 68% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 31% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 627 m² across 131 parcels.
Recent development applications in Beach Holm
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: 1 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 11 (45% higher 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Beach Holm
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Beach Holm 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 887, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Burdell - Mount Low, the wider ABS statistical area containing Beach Holm. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Beach Holm itself.
3,799 in 2001 to 22,202 in 2025, up 484%.
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.
Beach Holm 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 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 Beach Holm 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 Beach Holm. 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 Beach Holm lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Beach Holm planning - frequently asked
Is Beach Holm flood-prone?
About 68% of Beach Holm falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 73 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Beach Holm bushfire-prone?
Around 31% of Beach Holm is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Beach Holm?
The dominant planning zone in Beach Holm is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Conservation.
Does Beach Holm have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Beach Holm.
Is Beach Holm hilly or flat?
Beach Holm is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 0%. Ground level runs from roughly 1 m to 13 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Beach Holm?
Across 131 surveyed parcels in Beach Holm, the median lot size is about 627 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Beach Holm an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Beach Holm scores 887 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Low | 2.7 km | 33% | 30% |
| Bushland Beach | 2.8 km | 76% | 37% |
| Deeragun | 5.1 km | <1% | 44% |
| Jensen | 5.4 km | 0% | 40% |
| Burdell | 5.5 km | 86% | 36% |
| Yabulu | 5.5 km | 36% | 46% |
| Saunders Beach | 7.0 km | 100% | 54% |
| Black River | 8.6 km | 4% | 45% |
| Toolakea | 8.7 km | 100% | 55% |
| Bohle | 8.8 km | 100% | 16% |