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Healy flood map & planning overlays

Healy households earn $3,024 a week and rent for $380, both 3rd in Mount Isa City.

A planning-constraint profile of Healy (Mount Isa City, QLD) - 2.76 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Healy's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Healy properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 785 analysed Healy properties; no individual property result is identified.

Healy at a glance

Parcels 768 Median lot 884 m² Mapped easements 18 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Healy

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

1

1 school 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: 0.80 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 Healy address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Healy is zoned

Low Density Residential 44%
Medium Density Residential 28%
Low Impact Industry 10%
Special Purpose 8%
Rural Residential 5%
Community Facilities 4%

Selling in Healy? 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 2.76 km², Healy is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 884 m² across 768 parcels.

Who lives in Healy

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

Population
1,824
usual residents, 2021
Median age
33
years
Median household income
$3,024
per week, Mount Isa City suburb typical $2,177
Median rent
$380
per week, Mount Isa City suburb typical $261
Median mortgage
$1,733
per month
Household size
3.0
people, average

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 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1036, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Healy's 1,824 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 8.0%
5-14 18.4%
15-19 7.0%
20-24 4.6%
25-34 14.2%
35-44 16.7%
45-54 13.5%
55-64 11.2%
65-74 4.7%
75-84 1.6%
85+ 0.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Mount Isa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Healy. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Healy itself.

20,262 in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.

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.

Healy 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 pathsNot watchedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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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Healy planning - frequently asked

Is Healy flood-prone?

About 9% of Healy falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 16%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 785 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Healy bushfire-prone?

Around 22% of Healy is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.

What is the zoning in Healy?

The dominant planning zone in Healy is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Medium Density Residential and Low Impact Industry.

Does Healy have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Healy.

Is Healy hilly or flat?

Healy is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 350 m to 382 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Healy?

Across 768 surveyed parcels in Healy, the median lot size is about 884 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Healy?

At the 2021 Census Healy had 1,824 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Mount Isa statistical area, which contains Healy, went from 20,262 people in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.

Is Healy an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Healy scores 1036 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Healy?

Median household income in Healy was $3,024 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,177 for the typical suburb in Mount Isa City. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Happy Valley 1.1 km 38% 41%
Mornington 1.5 km 6% 0%
Townview 1.8 km Not mapped 13%
Parkside 1.9 km 31% 2%
Mica Creek 2.0 km 37% 51%
Spreadborough 2.4 km 22% 45%
The Gap 2.4 km <1% 0%
Mount Isa City 2.5 km 5% 0%
Pioneer 3.1 km 4% 6%
Miles End 3.2 km 44% 16%

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