Florence Bay flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Florence Bay
(Townsville City, QLD) - 3.46 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.46 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Florence Bay's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Florence Bay properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 17 analysed Florence Bay properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 17 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Florence Bay.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Florence Bay
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Florence Bay at a glance
Schools in and near Florence Bay
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: 3.28 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 14.29 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Florence Bay address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Florence Bay is zoned
Selling in Florence Bay? 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 3.46 km², Florence Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 91% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 7,152 m² across 29 parcels.
Recent development applications in Florence Bay
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
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Florence Bay 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 | Not 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 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 Florence Bay 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 15% of Florence Bay. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Florence Bay. 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).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Florence Bay lot.
Florence Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Florence Bay flood-prone?
About 10% of Florence Bay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 17 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Florence Bay; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Florence Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 91% of Florence Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Florence Bay under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 15% of Florence Bay, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. 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 Florence Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Florence Bay is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities.
Does Florence Bay have heritage-listed places?
Florence Bay has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Florence Bay hilly or flat?
Florence Bay is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 35% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 24 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Florence Bay?
Across 29 surveyed parcels in Florence Bay, the median lot size is about 7,152 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bay | 2.3 km | 40% | 86% |
| Arcadia | 3.2 km | 8% | 90% |
| Nelly Bay | 5.1 km | 29% | 82% |
| West Point | 6.1 km | 9% | 93% |
| Picnic Bay | 7.3 km | 18% | 93% |
| Pallarenda | 13.9 km | 56% | 67% |
| Shelly Beach | 14.4 km | 51% | 87% |
| North Ward | 16.0 km | 71% | 11% |
| South Townsville | 16.5 km | 99% | 0% |
| Rowes Bay | 16.7 km | 100% | 36% |