Bohle flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bohle (Townsville City, QLD) - 7.67 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 Bohle's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Bohle properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 255 Bohle properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Bohle at a glance

Parcels 254 Median lot 4,049 m² Mapped easements 47 Bus stops 2 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Bohle

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 0.18 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 1.59 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 Bohle is zoned

Conservation 70%
Medium Impact Industry 24%
Low Impact Industry 4%
Open Space 1%
Community Facilities 1%

Selling in Bohle? 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 7.67 km², Bohle is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 4,049 m² across 254 parcels.

Recent development applications in Bohle

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

<5

The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.

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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Bohle

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

Population
121
usual residents, 2021
Median age
56
years
Median household income
$814
per week, Townsville City suburb typical $1,510
Median rent
$250
per week, Townsville City suburb typical $291
Median mortgage
$596
per month
Household size
1.7
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 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 952, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bohle's 121 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.1%
5-14 0.0%
15-19 0.0%
20-24 2.7%
25-34 7.1%
35-44 9.7%
45-54 16.8%
55-64 24.8%
65-74 26.5%
75-84 5.3%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

4,046 in 2001 to 10,932 in 2025, up 170%.

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.

Bohle 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
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsTownsville 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 Bohle 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 Bohle. 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 Bohle lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Bohle planning - frequently asked

Is Bohle flood-prone?

About 100% of Bohle falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 255 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Bohle bushfire-prone?

Around 16% of Bohle is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.

What is the zoning in Bohle?

The dominant planning zone in Bohle is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Medium Impact Industry and Low Impact Industry.

Does Bohle have heritage-listed places?

Bohle has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Bohle hilly or flat?

Bohle is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 9 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Bohle?

Across 254 surveyed parcels in Bohle, the median lot size is about 4,049 m². There are also 47 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bohle have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bohle itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.

What is the population of Bohle?

At the 2021 Census Bohle had 121 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 1.7 people. The wider Mount Louisa statistical area, which contains Bohle, went from 4,046 people in 2001 to 10,932 in 2025, up 170%.

Is Bohle an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bohle scores 952 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 Bohle?

Median household income in Bohle was $814 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $596 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Mount St John 1.7 km 100% 5%
Cosgrove 3.0 km 6% 78%
Burdell 3.3 km 86% 36%
Mount Louisa 3.6 km 25% 45%
Shaw 4.1 km 2% 88%
Town Common 4.2 km 87% 40%
Garbutt 5.1 km 100% 5%
Vincent 5.8 km 34% 0%
Deeragun 5.8 km <1% 44%
Heatley 6.0 km 12% 0%

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