Breakaway flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Breakaway
(Mount Isa City, QLD) - 1.04 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.04 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Breakaway's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Breakaway properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 65 Breakaway properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 65 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Breakaway.
Breakaway at a glance
Schools in and near Breakaway
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: 1.65 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.09 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 Breakaway is zoned
Selling in Breakaway? 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 1.04 km², Breakaway is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 12,484 m² across 65 parcels.
Who lives in Breakaway
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Breakaway 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 1020, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Breakaway's 187 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Isa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Breakaway. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Breakaway itself.
20,262 in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.
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.
Breakaway 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 |
Profile last materially updated 12 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 Breakaway 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.
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 Breakaway lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Breakaway planning - frequently asked
Is Breakaway flood-prone?
About 8% of Breakaway falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 13%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 65 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Breakaway bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Breakaway is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Breakaway?
The dominant planning zone in Breakaway is Rural Residential, though the suburb also includes Special Purpose and Rural.
Does Breakaway have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Breakaway.
Is Breakaway hilly or flat?
Breakaway is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 358 m to 379 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Breakaway?
Across 65 surveyed parcels in Breakaway, the median lot size is about 12,484 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Breakaway?
At the 2021 Census Breakaway had 187 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Mount Isa statistical area, which contains Breakaway, went from 20,262 people in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.
Is Breakaway an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Breakaway scores 1020 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Breakaway?
Median household income in Breakaway was $3,799 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,177 for the typical suburb in Mount Isa City. Median rent was $650 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher | 1.9 km | <1% | 62% |
| Pioneer | 2.5 km | 4% | 6% |
| Sunset | 2.6 km | 8% | 50% |
| Townview | 2.7 km | 0% | 13% |
| The Gap | 3.3 km | <1% | 0% |
| Menzies | 3.7 km | 3% | 0% |
| Mornington | 3.7 km | 6% | 0% |
| Healy | 3.9 km | 9% | 22% |
| Mount Isa City | 3.9 km | 5% | 0% |
| Winston | 4.0 km | 16% | 13% |