Gunpowder zoning & planning overlays
Gunpowder is 94.3% bushfire-mapped and reaches 398 m. Explosive name, quiet country.
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A planning-constraint profile of Gunpowder
(Mount Isa City, QLD) - 7793.21 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
7793.21 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gunpowder's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Gunpowder properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 22 analysed Gunpowder properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 22 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Gunpowder.
Gunpowder at a glance
Schools in and near Gunpowder
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: 30.95 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 32.32 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
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How Gunpowder is zoned
Selling in Gunpowder? 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 7793.21 km², Gunpowder is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 94% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 12,935,420 m² across 67 parcels.
Who lives in Gunpowder
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gunpowder 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 967, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gunpowder's 104 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Isa Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gunpowder. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gunpowder itself.
4,235 in 2001 to 4,325 in 2025, up 2%.
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.
Gunpowder data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 | Not watched | 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.
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Gunpowder planning - frequently asked
Is Gunpowder flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Gunpowder, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Mount Isa City is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Across the suburb, 0% of the 22 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Gunpowder bushfire-prone?
Around 94% of Gunpowder is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Gunpowder?
The dominant planning zone in Gunpowder is Rural.
Does Gunpowder have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Gunpowder.
Is Gunpowder hilly or flat?
Gunpowder is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 9% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 208 m to 398 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Gunpowder?
Across 67 surveyed parcels in Gunpowder, the median lot size is about 12,935,420 m². There are also 13 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Gunpowder?
At the 2021 Census Gunpowder had 104 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 1.5 people. The wider Mount Isa Surrounds statistical area, which contains Gunpowder, went from 4,235 people in 2001 to 4,325 in 2025, up 2%.
Is Gunpowder an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gunpowder scores 967 and sits in decile 4 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 Gunpowder?
Median household income in Gunpowder was $417 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,177 for the typical suburb in Mount Isa City.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Isa | 79.6 km | Not mapped | 80% |
| Camooweal | 80.3 km | 0% | 59% |
| Gidya Burke Shire |
80.8 km | Not mapped | 82% |
| Kalkadoon | 100.7 km | 4% | 23% |
| Lanskey | 102.7 km | 39% | 72% |
| Ryan | 104.2 km | 22% | 31% |
| Soldiers Hill | 104.4 km | 29% | 15% |
| Winston | 105.0 km | 16% | 13% |
| Sunset | 105.8 km | 8% | 50% |
| Menzies | 105.9 km | 3% | 0% |