Charleville flood map & planning overlays
Charleville leads Murweh Shire: 2,992 residents, 4 schools and 5 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Charleville
(Murweh Shire, QLD) - 613.49 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
613.49 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Charleville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Charleville at a glance
Schools in and near Charleville
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
2 schools providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
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How Charleville is zoned
Selling in Charleville? 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 613.49 km², Charleville is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 18% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,016 m² across 2,306 parcels.
Who lives in Charleville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Charleville 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 923, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Charleville's 2,992 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Charleville, the wider ABS statistical area containing Charleville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Charleville itself.
4,936 in 2001 to 4,004 in 2025, down 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.
Charleville 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 | Not watched | 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 5 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Charleville planning - frequently asked
Is Charleville flood-prone?
About 3% of Charleville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%.
Is Charleville bushfire-prone?
Around 18% of Charleville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Murweh Shire average of 25%.
What is the zoning in Charleville?
The dominant planning zone in Charleville is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Rural Residential.
Does Charleville have heritage-listed places?
Charleville has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Charleville?
Across 2,306 surveyed parcels in Charleville, the median lot size is about 1,016 m². There are also 119 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Charleville?
At the 2021 Census Charleville had 2,992 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Charleville statistical area, which contains Charleville, went from 4,936 people in 2001 to 4,004 in 2025, down 19%.
Is Charleville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Charleville scores 923 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Charleville?
Median household income in Charleville was $1,325 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,325 for the typical suburb in Murweh Shire. Median rent was $178 a week and the median mortgage repayment $867 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowrie Station | 25.6 km | 1% | 18% |
| Bakers Bend | 44.1 km | Not mapped | 8% |
| Sommariva | 45.2 km | 0% | 21% |
| Ward | 50.1 km | <1% | 16% |
| Riversleigh | 55.6 km | 31% | 5% |
| Clara Creek | 62.4 km | Not mapped | 16% |
| Augathella | 70.8 km | 3% | 18% |
| Langlo | 71.6 km | Not mapped | 17% |
| Cooladdi | 79.1 km | 0% | 28% |
| Murweh | 80.5 km | Not mapped | 10% |