Blackrock flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 42, 3rd-youngest in Hinchinbrook Shire, with its 3rd-highest household income.
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 Blackrock
(Hinchinbrook Shire, QLD) - 63.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
63.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Blackrock'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 Blackrock properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 247 analysed Blackrock properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 247 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Blackrock.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Blackrock
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.
Blackrock at a glance
Schools in and near Blackrock
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.47 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.34 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 Blackrock address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Blackrock is zoned
Selling in Blackrock? 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 63.36 km², Blackrock is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 99% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 12% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 62,073 m² across 256 parcels.
Who lives in Blackrock
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Blackrock 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 960, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Blackrock's 319 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ingham Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Blackrock. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Blackrock itself.
7,200 in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
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.
Blackrock 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 |
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 Blackrock 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 13% of Blackrock. 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 Blackrock. 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 Blackrock lot.
Blackrock planning - frequently asked
Is Blackrock flood-prone?
About 99% of Blackrock falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 69%. Across the suburb, 94% of the 247 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 124 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Blackrock; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Blackrock bushfire-prone?
Around 12% of Blackrock is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hinchinbrook Shire average of 36%.
Is Blackrock under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 13% of Blackrock, and over about 22% 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Blackrock?
The dominant planning zone in Blackrock is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and General Residential.
Does Blackrock have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Blackrock.
Is Blackrock hilly or flat?
Blackrock is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 21 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Blackrock?
Across 256 surveyed parcels in Blackrock, the median lot size is about 62,073 m². There are also 46 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Blackrock?
At the 2021 Census Blackrock had 319 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Ingham Surrounds statistical area, which contains Blackrock, went from 7,200 people in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
Is Blackrock an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Blackrock scores 960 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Blackrock?
Median household income in Blackrock was $1,963 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,525 for the typical suburb in Hinchinbrook Shire. Median rent was $190 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,192 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Plantation | 6.6 km | 100% | 15% |
| Toobanna | 7.4 km | 98% | 16% |
| Forrest Beach | 7.7 km | 68% | 24% |
| Braemeadows | 8.0 km | 100% | 11% |
| Ingham | 8.3 km | 100% | 9% |
| Foresthome | 10.2 km | 100% | 1% |
| Cordelia | 11.2 km | 88% | 19% |
| Gairloch | 11.5 km | 100% | 22% |
| Orient | 11.6 km | 82% | 36% |
| Helens Hill | 13.0 km | 79% | 43% |