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Frenchville flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Frenchville (Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 8.57 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 Frenchville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Frenchville properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,993 Frenchville properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Frenchville at a glance

Parcels 3,829 Median lot 677 m² Mapped easements 423 Bus stops 34 Schools in suburb 4

Schools in and near Frenchville

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 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.

How Frenchville is zoned

Low density residential 48%
Environmental management and conservation 42%
Open space 5%
Community facilities 3%
Sport and recreation 1%
Local centre 0%

Selling in Frenchville? 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 8.57 km², Frenchville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 54% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 677 m² across 3,829 parcels.

Who lives in Frenchville

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

Population
8,982
usual residents, 2021
Median age
37
years
Median household income
$1,726
per week, Rockhampton Regional suburb typical $1,327
Median rent
$300
per week, Rockhampton Regional suburb typical $255
Median mortgage
$1,473
per month
Household size
2.5
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 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 971, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Frenchville's 8,982 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.7%
5-14 13.6%
15-19 5.8%
20-24 6.2%
25-34 14.0%
35-44 13.2%
45-54 11.9%
55-64 11.5%
65-74 9.3%
75-84 5.7%
85+ 2.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

9,018 in 2001 to 9,246 in 2025, up 3%.

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.

Frenchville 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 Frenchville 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 Frenchville. 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 Frenchville lot.

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Frenchville planning - frequently asked

Is Frenchville flood-prone?

About 40% of Frenchville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 3,993 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Frenchville bushfire-prone?

Around 54% of Frenchville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 55%.

What is the zoning in Frenchville?

The dominant planning zone in Frenchville is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Open space.

Does Frenchville have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Frenchville.

Is Frenchville hilly or flat?

Frenchville is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 11% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 22 m to 100 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Frenchville?

Across 3,829 surveyed parcels in Frenchville, the median lot size is about 677 m². There are also 423 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Frenchville have a train station?

There is no train station inside Frenchville itself. The suburb is served by 34 bus stops.

What is the population of Frenchville?

At the 2021 Census Frenchville had 8,982 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Frenchville - Mount Archer statistical area, which contains Frenchville, went from 9,018 people in 2001 to 9,246 in 2025, up 3%.

Is Frenchville an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Frenchville scores 971 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Frenchville?

Median household income in Frenchville was $1,726 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,327 for the typical suburb in Rockhampton Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,473 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Norman Gardens 2.3 km 41% 48%
Koongal 2.7 km 65% 38%
Berserker 3.1 km 96% 0%
Lakes Creek 4.1 km 31% 80%
Park Avenue 4.2 km 96% <1%
Mount Archer 4.2 km 14% 100%
Kawana 4.3 km 86% 18%
The Common 4.5 km 100% 44%
Rockhampton City 5.5 km 100% 0%
Lakes Creek
Livingstone Shire		 5.6 km 14% 100%

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