Germantown flood map & planning overlays
Germantown is 44% flood-mapped across 4 ha holdings.
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A planning-constraint profile of Germantown
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 6.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Germantown's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Germantown
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 to
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.
Germantown at a glance
Schools in and near Germantown
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: 0.20 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 11.83 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 Germantown is zoned
Selling in Germantown? 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 6.27 km², Germantown is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 36,936 m² across 59 parcels.
Who lives in Germantown
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Germantown 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 907, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Johnstone, the wider ABS statistical area containing Germantown. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Germantown itself.
8,075 in 2001 to 8,281 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.
Germantown 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 5 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 Germantown 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Germantown. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
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Germantown planning - frequently asked
Is Germantown flood-prone?
About 44% of Germantown falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Germantown; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Germantown bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Germantown and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Cassowary Coast Regional average is 16%).
Is Germantown under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Germantown in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Germantown?
The dominant planning zone in Germantown is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township.
Does Germantown have heritage-listed places?
Germantown has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Germantown?
Across 59 surveyed parcels in Germantown, the median lot size is about 36,936 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Germantown?
At the 2021 Census Germantown had 52 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Johnstone statistical area, which contains Germantown, went from 8,075 people in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Germantown an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Germantown scores 907 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 Germantown?
Median household income in Germantown was $1,124 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Creek | 3.2 km | 51% | 1% |
| Basilisk | 4.3 km | 26% | 22% |
| Bombeeta | 5.5 km | 55% | 4% |
| South Johnstone | 5.6 km | 73% | 0% |
| No. 6 Branch | 5.6 km | 46% | 4% |
| Utchee Creek | 5.7 km | 40% | <1% |
| Boogan | 6.3 km | 96% | 4% |
| Warrubullen | 6.9 km | 59% | 32% |
| Moresby | 7.1 km | 88% | 15% |
| Currajah | 7.5 km | 42% | 0% |