Granite Vale flood map & planning overlays
Granite Vale has the biggest holdings in Townsville City, 534 ha.
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A planning-constraint profile of Granite Vale
(Townsville City, QLD) - 458.74 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
458.74 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Granite Vale'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 Granite Vale properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 20 analysed Granite Vale properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 20 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Granite Vale.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Granite Vale
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
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Granite Vale at a glance
Schools in and near Granite Vale
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: 9.08 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 10.92 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 Granite Vale address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Granite Vale is zoned
Selling in Granite Vale? 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 458.74 km², Granite Vale is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 5,343,214 m² across 29 parcels.
Recent development applications in Granite Vale
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.
Who lives in Granite Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Granite Vale 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 953, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Townsville - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Granite Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Granite Vale itself.
3,576 in 2001 to 5,861 in 2025, up 64%.
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.
Granite Vale 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 |
| 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 Granite Vale 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 2% of Granite Vale. 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 Granite Vale. 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 Granite Vale lot.
Granite Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Granite Vale flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Granite Vale and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 57%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 20 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Granite Vale; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Granite Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Granite Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Granite Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Granite Vale, and over about 24% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 22 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Granite Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Granite Vale is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Granite Vale have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Granite Vale.
Is Granite Vale hilly or flat?
Granite Vale 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 82 m to 531 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Granite Vale?
Across 29 surveyed parcels in Granite Vale, the median lot size is about 5,343,214 m². There are also 11 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Granite Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Granite Vale scores 953 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacles | 13.3 km | 6% | 74% |
| Barringha | 14.8 km | Not mapped | 69% |
| Ross River | 17.1 km | 0% | 28% |
| Kelso | 19.2 km | 86% | 40% |
| Calcium | 19.5 km | 9% | 85% |
| Gumlow | 21.6 km | 51% | 50% |
| Alice River | 21.9 km | 17% | 72% |
| Rasmussen | 23.2 km | 82% | 16% |
| Hervey Range | 23.3 km | <1% | 92% |
| Mount Stuart | 23.7 km | 3% | 94% |