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Forrest Beach flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Forrest Beach (Hinchinbrook Shire, QLD) - 67.38 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Forrest Beach properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,074 Forrest Beach properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Forrest Beach at a glance

Parcels 1,096 Median lot 820 m² Mapped easements 92 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Forrest Beach

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: 7.34 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 Forrest Beach is zoned

Rural 62%
Environmental management and conservation 32%
General Residential 6%
Community Facilities 0%
Recreation and Open Space 0%
Centre 0%

Selling in Forrest Beach? 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 67.38 km², Forrest Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 68% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 24% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 820 m² across 1,096 parcels.

Who lives in Forrest Beach

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

Population
1,364
usual residents, 2021
Median age
57
years
Median household income
$935
per week, Hinchinbrook Shire suburb typical $1,525
Median rent
$240
per week, Hinchinbrook Shire suburb typical $180
Median mortgage
$1,192
per month
Household size
2.1
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 896, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Forrest Beach's 1,364 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.7%
5-14 10.4%
15-19 4.3%
20-24 2.9%
25-34 5.8%
35-44 7.2%
45-54 11.3%
55-64 20.3%
65-74 20.9%
75-84 10.4%
85+ 2.9%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

7,200 in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.

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.

Forrest Beach 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 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 Forrest Beach 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 Forrest Beach. 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 Forrest Beach lot.

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Forrest Beach planning - frequently asked

Is Forrest Beach flood-prone?

About 68% of Forrest Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 67%. Across the suburb, 14% of the 1,074 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 32 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Forrest Beach bushfire-prone?

Around 24% of Forrest Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hinchinbrook Shire average of 36%.

What is the zoning in Forrest Beach?

The dominant planning zone in Forrest Beach is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and General Residential.

Does Forrest Beach have heritage-listed places?

Forrest Beach has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Forrest Beach hilly or flat?

Forrest Beach is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 6 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Forrest Beach?

Across 1,096 surveyed parcels in Forrest Beach, the median lot size is about 820 m². There are also 92 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Forrest Beach?

At the 2021 Census Forrest Beach had 1,364 usual residents, with a median age of 57 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Ingham Surrounds statistical area, which contains Forrest Beach, went from 7,200 people in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.

Is Forrest Beach an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Forrest Beach scores 896 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 Forrest Beach?

Median household income in Forrest Beach was $935 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,525 for the typical suburb in Hinchinbrook Shire. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,192 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Blackrock 7.7 km 100% 12%
Braemeadows 7.7 km 100% 11%
Orient 9.8 km 82% 36%
Taylors Beach 10.2 km 50% 13%
Victoria Plantation 11.9 km 100% 15%
Cordelia 12.5 km 100% 19%
Foresthome 14.2 km 100% 1%
Toobanna 14.9 km 100% 16%
Halifax 15.4 km 77% 11%
Ingham 15.5 km 100% 9%

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