Halifax flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Halifax
(Hinchinbrook Shire, QLD) - 44.9 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
44.9 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Halifax's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Halifax properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 499 Halifax properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 499 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Halifax.
Halifax at a glance
Schools in and near Halifax
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
2 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 11.78 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 Halifax is zoned
Selling in Halifax? 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 44.9 km², Halifax is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 77% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 11% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,518 m² across 496 parcels.
Who lives in Halifax
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Halifax 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 833, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Halifax's 477 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ingham Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Halifax. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Halifax itself.
7,200 in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
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.
Halifax 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 12 September 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 Halifax 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.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Halifax lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Halifax planning - frequently asked
Is Halifax flood-prone?
About 77% of Halifax falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 67%. Across the suburb, 96% of the 499 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 110 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Halifax bushfire-prone?
Around 11% of Halifax is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hinchinbrook Shire average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Halifax?
The dominant planning zone in Halifax is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Recreation and Open Space.
Does Halifax have heritage-listed places?
Halifax has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Halifax hilly or flat?
Halifax is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 1 m to 5 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Halifax?
Across 496 surveyed parcels in Halifax, the median lot size is about 1,518 m². There are also 28 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Halifax?
At the 2021 Census Halifax had 477 usual residents, with a median age of 57 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Ingham Surrounds statistical area, which contains Halifax, went from 7,200 people in 2001 to 6,723 in 2025, down 7%.
Is Halifax an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Halifax scores 833 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Halifax?
Median household income in Halifax was $970 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,525 for the typical suburb in Hinchinbrook Shire. Median rent was $160 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucinda | 5.8 km | 38% | 2% |
| Taylors Beach | 6.1 km | 50% | 13% |
| Cordelia | 8.0 km | 100% | 19% |
| Macknade | 8.1 km | 95% | 4% |
| Braemeadows | 9.6 km | 100% | 11% |
| Foresthome | 12.3 km | 100% | 1% |
| Bemerside | 13.7 km | 78% | 43% |
| Victoria Plantation | 14.4 km | 100% | 15% |
| Forrest Beach | 15.4 km | 68% | 24% |
| Gairloch | 15.5 km | 100% | 22% |