Frenchville flood map & planning overlays
Frenchville has 4 schools and 34 bus stops, both near the top in Rockhampton.
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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 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
8.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Frenchville'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 Frenchville properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,993 analysed Frenchville properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,993 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Frenchville.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Frenchville
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.
Frenchville at a glance
Schools in and near Frenchville
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
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.
Which school zone is a Frenchville address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Frenchville is zoned
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.
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 971, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Frenchville's 8,982 residents in each ABS age band.
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.
| 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 | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
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 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Frenchville. 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 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 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 Frenchville lot.
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, 42% of the 3,993 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1694 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Frenchville; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Frenchville bushfire-prone?
Around 54% of Frenchville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 49%.
Is Frenchville under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 3% of Frenchville, and over about 31% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,500 ft, with an average of 5,500 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 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 suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-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% |