Heatley flood map & planning overlays
Heatley is 66.4% inside aircraft noise contours, 3rd in the city.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Heatley
(Townsville City, QLD) - 2.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
2.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Heatley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Heatley properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,813 analysed Heatley properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,813 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Heatley.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Heatley
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
66% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 25 and 30 is generally unacceptable for new houses; 20 to 25 is conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
- Townsville City Council ANEF
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 11 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Heatley at a glance
Schools in and near Heatley
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 school providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Heatley address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Heatley is zoned
Selling in Heatley? 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 2.03 km², Heatley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 71% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 610 m² across 1,572 parcels.
Recent development applications in Heatley
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
Latest included submission: 15 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 40 (80% lower in the latest 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 Heatley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Heatley 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 870, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Heatley's 3,907 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Heatley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Heatley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Heatley itself.
4,617 in 2001 to 4,023 in 2025, down 13%.
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.
Heatley 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Heatley 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 100% of Heatley. 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 Heatley. 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 Heatley lot.
Heatley planning - frequently asked
Is Heatley flood-prone?
About 71% of Heatley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,813 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Heatley; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Heatley bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Heatley and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Townsville City average is 50%).
Is Heatley affected by aircraft noise?
About 66% of Heatley sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 25 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Heatley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Heatley, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 57 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 Heatley?
The dominant planning zone in Heatley is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Sport and Recreation.
Does Heatley have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Heatley.
Is Heatley hilly or flat?
Heatley is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 9 m to 14 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Heatley?
Across 1,572 surveyed parcels in Heatley, the median lot size is about 610 m². There are also 32 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Heatley have a train station?
There is no train station inside Heatley itself. The suburb is served by 17 bus stops.
What is the population of Heatley?
At the 2021 Census Heatley had 3,907 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Heatley statistical area, which contains Heatley, went from 4,617 people in 2001 to 4,023 in 2025, down 13%.
Is Heatley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Heatley scores 870 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Heatley?
Median household income in Heatley was $1,266 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook | 1.4 km | 74% | 8% |
| Vincent | 1.4 km | 91% | 0% |
| Aitkenvale | 1.7 km | 91% | 3% |
| Gulliver | 2.4 km | 100% | 2% |
| Mount Louisa | 2.4 km | 63% | 45% |
| Currajong | 3.2 km | 100% | 0% |
| Mundingburra | 3.4 km | 100% | 18% |
| Douglas | 3.5 km | 56% | 65% |
| Annandale | 3.6 km | 95% | 15% |
| Thuringowa Central | 3.7 km | 78% | 10% |