Deeragun flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Deeragun (Townsville City, QLD) - 7.09 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Deeragun properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,741 Deeragun properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Deeragun at a glance

Parcels 1,742 Median lot 738 m² Mapped easements 189 Bus stops 15 Schools in suburb 4 Landslide overlay 8%

Schools in and near Deeragun

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

4

1 school providing primary years and 3 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.

How Deeragun is zoned

Rural Residential 26%
Low Density Residential 22%
Emerging Community 16%
Rural 13%
Community Facilities 6%
Conservation 6%

Selling in Deeragun? 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 7.09 km², Deeragun is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 44% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 738 m² across 1,742 parcels.

Recent development applications in Deeragun

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

22

Latest included submission: 11 August 2026.

Previous 12 months: 47 (53% lower in the latest period).

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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Deeragun

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

Population
4,273
usual residents, 2021
Median age
32
years
Median household income
$1,523
per week, Townsville City suburb typical $1,510
Median rent
$310
per week, Townsville City suburb typical $291
Median mortgage
$1,418
per month
Household size
2.7
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 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 899, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Deeragun's 4,273 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.6%
5-14 17.6%
15-19 5.8%
20-24 7.0%
25-34 15.6%
35-44 14.7%
45-54 12.0%
55-64 9.6%
65-74 7.1%
75-84 2.3%
85+ 0.5%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

3,561 in 2001 to 6,770 in 2025, up 90%.

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.

Deeragun 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
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsTownsville City Council

Profile last materially updated 19 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 Deeragun 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.

Published flood models are held over parts of Deeragun. 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 (+$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 Deeragun lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Deeragun planning - frequently asked

Is Deeragun flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Deeragun and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 39%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,741 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Deeragun bushfire-prone?

Around 44% of Deeragun is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.

What is the zoning in Deeragun?

The dominant planning zone in Deeragun is Rural Residential, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Emerging Community.

Does Deeragun have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Deeragun.

Is Deeragun hilly or flat?

Deeragun is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 11 m to 24 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Deeragun?

Across 1,742 surveyed parcels in Deeragun, the median lot size is about 738 m². There are also 189 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Deeragun have a train station?

There is no train station inside Deeragun itself. The suburb is served by 15 bus stops.

What is the population of Deeragun?

At the 2021 Census Deeragun had 4,273 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Deeragun - Jensen statistical area, which contains Deeragun, went from 3,561 people in 2001 to 6,770 in 2025, up 90%.

Is Deeragun an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Deeragun scores 899 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Deeragun?

Median household income in Deeragun was $1,523 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $310 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,418 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Jensen 2.5 km 0% 40%
Mount Low 2.7 km 33% 30%
Burdell 3.7 km 86% 36%
Bohle Plains 4.7 km 0% 59%
Shaw 4.9 km 2% 88%
Beach Holm 5.1 km 68% 31%
Cosgrove 5.3 km 6% 78%
Bushland Beach 5.6 km 76% 37%
Bohle 5.8 km 100% 16%
Rangewood 7.1 km 0% 60%

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