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Greenlake flood map & planning overlays

82.9% flood-mapped. Greenlake lives up to the lake part.

A planning-constraint profile of Greenlake (Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 68.1 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Greenlake'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

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Greenlake

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

Under observed aircraft
1%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
5,500 ft
averaging 6,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Greenlake at a glance

Parcels 31 Median lot 687,563 m² Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Greenlake

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 12.79 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 13.74 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 Greenlake address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Greenlake is zoned

Rural 100%

Selling in Greenlake? 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 68.1 km², Greenlake is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 83% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 38% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 687,563 m² across 31 parcels.

Who lives in Greenlake

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

Population
3
usual residents, 2021

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 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1003, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

3,883 in 2001 to 5,054 in 2025, up 30%.

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.

Greenlake 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
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Greenlake 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.

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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 Greenlake. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Greenlake lot.

Greenlake planning - frequently asked

Is Greenlake flood-prone?

About 83% of Greenlake falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Published flood models are held over parts of Greenlake; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Greenlake bushfire-prone?

Around 38% of Greenlake is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.

Is Greenlake under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Greenlake in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Greenlake?

The dominant planning zone in Greenlake is Rural.

Does Greenlake have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Greenlake.

What is the typical lot size in Greenlake?

Across 31 surveyed parcels in Greenlake, the median lot size is about 687,563 m².

Is Greenlake an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Greenlake scores 1003 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Rossmoya 5.7 km 87% 57%
Bungundarra 8.1 km 43% 76%
Maryvale 9.5 km 65% 93%
Barmoya 10.1 km 87% 18%
Lake Mary 10.4 km 65% 62%
Wattlebank 12.0 km 65% 25%
Cobraball 13.7 km 43% 67%
Milman 15.6 km 66% 45%
Jardine 15.7 km 97% 65%
Canal Creek 16.1 km 58% 80%

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