Camooweal flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Camooweal (Mount Isa City, QLD) - 9535.45 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Camooweal's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Camooweal properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 166 Camooweal properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Camooweal at a glance

Parcels 220 Median lot 2,021 m² Mapped easements 7 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Camooweal

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

1

1 school 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: 113.74 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 Camooweal is zoned

Rural 98%
Environmental Management and Conservation 2%
Special Purpose 0%
Sport and Recreation 0%
Township 0%
Community Facilities 0%

Selling in Camooweal? 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 9535.45 km², Camooweal is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 59% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 2,021 m² across 220 parcels.

Who lives in Camooweal

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

Population
236
usual residents, 2021
Median age
36
years
Median household income
$1,339
per week, Mount Isa City suburb typical $2,177
Median rent
$147
per week, Mount Isa City suburb typical $261
Median mortgage
$307
per month
Household size
2.5
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 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 813, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Camooweal's 236 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 8.1%
5-14 12.1%
15-19 4.0%
20-24 6.3%
25-34 16.6%
35-44 12.1%
45-54 11.2%
55-64 19.7%
65-74 9.9%
75-84 0.0%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

4,235 in 2001 to 4,325 in 2025, up 2%.

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.

Camooweal 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

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 Camooweal 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 Camooweal lot.

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Camooweal planning - frequently asked

Is Camooweal flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Camooweal and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 13%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 166 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Camooweal bushfire-prone?

Around 59% of Camooweal is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.

What is the zoning in Camooweal?

The dominant planning zone in Camooweal is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Special Purpose.

Does Camooweal have heritage-listed places?

Camooweal has 5 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Camooweal hilly or flat?

Camooweal is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 225 m to 273 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Camooweal?

Across 220 surveyed parcels in Camooweal, the median lot size is about 2,021 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Camooweal?

At the 2021 Census Camooweal had 236 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Mount Isa Surrounds statistical area, which contains Camooweal, went from 4,235 people in 2001 to 4,325 in 2025, up 2%.

Is Camooweal an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Camooweal scores 813 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Camooweal?

Median household income in Camooweal was $1,339 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,177 for the typical suburb in Mount Isa City. Median rent was $147 a week and the median mortgage repayment $307 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Gunpowder 80.3 km 0% 94%
Barkly 105.7 km 0% 26%
Lawn Hill 108.2 km 0% 84%
Mount Isa 129.2 km 0% 80%
Gidya
Burke Shire
143.3 km 0% 82%
Lawn Hill
Burke Shire
145.6 km 0% 78%
Kalkadoon 148.7 km 4% 23%
Lanskey 150.9 km 39% 72%
Soldiers Hill 151.7 km 29% 15%
Ryan 152.1 km 22% 31%

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