Douglas flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Douglas
(Townsville City, QLD) - 8.8 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
8.8 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Douglas's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Douglas properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,834 Douglas properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,834 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Douglas.
Douglas at a glance
Schools in and near Douglas
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 school providing primary years and 1 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 Douglas is zoned
Selling in Douglas? 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 8.8 km², Douglas is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 20% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 65% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Specialised Centre. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 650 m² across 2,863 parcels.
Recent development applications in Douglas
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: 10 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 23 (26% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 8
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 Douglas
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Douglas 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 1054, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Douglas's 7,780 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Douglas, the wider ABS statistical area containing Douglas. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Douglas itself.
3,282 in 2001 to 8,318 in 2025, up 153%.
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.
Douglas 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 |
| 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 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 Douglas 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 Douglas. 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 Douglas lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Douglas planning - frequently asked
Is Douglas flood-prone?
About 20% of Douglas falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 2,834 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Douglas bushfire-prone?
Around 65% of Douglas is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Douglas?
The dominant planning zone in Douglas is Specialised Centre, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Open Space.
Does Douglas have heritage-listed places?
Douglas has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Douglas hilly or flat?
Douglas is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 5% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 12 m to 52 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Douglas?
Across 2,863 surveyed parcels in Douglas, the median lot size is about 650 m². There are also 197 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Douglas have a train station?
There is no train station inside Douglas itself. The suburb is served by 29 bus stops.
What is the population of Douglas?
At the 2021 Census Douglas had 7,780 usual residents, with a median age of 26 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Douglas statistical area, which contains Douglas, went from 3,282 people in 2001 to 8,318 in 2025, up 153%.
Is Douglas an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Douglas scores 1054 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Douglas?
Median household income in Douglas was $2,025 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 $1,633 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook | 2.1 km | 11% | 8% |
| Thuringowa Central | 2.6 km | 39% | 10% |
| Condon | 3.4 km | 5% | 27% |
| Heatley | 3.5 km | 12% | 0% |
| Aitkenvale | 3.5 km | 40% | 3% |
| Kirwan | 4.0 km | 32% | 8% |
| Annandale | 4.0 km | 72% | 15% |
| Rasmussen | 4.2 km | 8% | 16% |
| Vincent | 4.7 km | 34% | 0% |
| Mundingburra | 4.8 km | 100% | 18% |