Bushley flood map & planning overlays
Bushley is 79.2% bushfire-mapped. Bushy, as advertised.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bushley
(Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 137.69 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
137.69 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bushley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bushley properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 103 analysed Bushley properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 103 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bushley.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bushley
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 9,000 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.
Bushley at a glance
Schools in and near Bushley
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: 4.91 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.48 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 Bushley is zoned
Selling in Bushley? 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 137.69 km², Bushley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 28% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 78% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 322,519 m² across 159 parcels.
Who lives in Bushley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bushley 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 908, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rockhampton Surrounds - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bushley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bushley itself.
2,720 in 2001 to 3,226 in 2025, up 19%.
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.
Bushley 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 Bushley 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Bushley. 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Bushley lot.
Bushley planning - frequently asked
Is Bushley flood-prone?
About 28% of Bushley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 103 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Bushley; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Bushley bushfire-prone?
Around 78% of Bushley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 49%.
Is Bushley under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Bushley in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Bushley?
The dominant planning zone in Bushley is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and Unzoned.
Does Bushley have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bushley.
Is Bushley hilly or flat?
Bushley is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 22% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 55 m to 283 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bushley?
Across 159 surveyed parcels in Bushley, the median lot size is about 322,519 m². There are also 35 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Bushley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bushley scores 908 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwell | 8.5 km | 33% | 76% |
| Boulder Creek | 10.1 km | 23% | 100% |
| The Mine | 11.3 km | 31% | 70% |
| Walterhall | 12.6 km | 37% | 44% |
| Baree | 13.0 km | 44% | 73% |
| Moongan | 13.6 km | 34% | 93% |
| Westwood | 13.8 km | 27% | 56% |
| Horse Creek | 14.5 km | 39% | 71% |
| Mount Morgan | 14.7 km | 27% | 56% |
| Leydens Hill | 15.2 km | 21% | 100% |