Burdell flood map & planning overlays
Burdell: 7,171 residents, 4 schools, 575 m² lots.
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 Burdell
(Townsville City, QLD) - 15.34 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
15.34 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Burdell'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 Burdell properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,432 analysed Burdell properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,432 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Burdell.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Burdell
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Burdell at a glance
Schools in and near Burdell
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
4 schools 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: 0.83 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 Burdell address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Burdell is zoned
Selling in Burdell? 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 15.34 km², Burdell is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 97% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 36% 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 570 m² across 3,614 parcels.
Recent development applications in Burdell
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: 20 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 181 (52% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 11
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Burdell
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Burdell 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 1021, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Burdell's 7,171 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Burdell - Mount Low, the wider ABS statistical area containing Burdell. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Burdell 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.
Burdell 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 Burdell 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 100% of Burdell. 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 Burdell. 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 Burdell lot.
Burdell planning - frequently asked
Is Burdell flood-prone?
About 97% of Burdell falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 3,432 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Burdell; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Burdell bushfire-prone?
Around 36% of Burdell is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Burdell under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Burdell, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 6 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 Burdell?
The dominant planning zone in Burdell is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Emerging Community and Low Density Residential.
Does Burdell have heritage-listed places?
Burdell has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Burdell hilly or flat?
Burdell is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 10 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Burdell?
Across 3,614 surveyed parcels in Burdell, the median lot size is about 570 m². There are also 69 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Burdell have a train station?
There is no train station inside Burdell itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Burdell?
At the 2021 Census Burdell had 7,171 usual residents, with a median age of 28 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Burdell - Mount Low statistical area, which contains Burdell, went from 3,799 people in 2001 to 22,202 in 2025, up 484%.
Is Burdell an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Burdell scores 1021 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 Burdell?
Median household income in Burdell was $2,232 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,682 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Low | 3.1 km | 90% | 30% |
| Bohle | 3.3 km | 100% | 16% |
| Deeragun | 3.7 km | 72% | 44% |
| Bushland Beach | 3.9 km | 89% | 37% |
| Cosgrove | 4.9 km | 50% | 78% |
| Mount St John | 4.9 km | 100% | 5% |
| Town Common | 5.3 km | 90% | 40% |
| Shaw | 5.3 km | 66% | 88% |
| Beach Holm | 5.5 km | 98% | 31% |
| Jensen | 6.1 km | 74% | 40% |