Hervey Range flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Hervey Range
(Townsville City, QLD) - 108.88 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
108.88 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hervey Range's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Hervey Range properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 66 Hervey Range properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 66 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Hervey Range.
Hervey Range at a glance
Schools in and near Hervey Range
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 10.09 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 10.47 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 Hervey Range is zoned
Selling in Hervey Range? 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 108.88 km², Hervey Range is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 456,342 m² across 76 parcels.
Recent development applications in Hervey Range
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
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Hervey Range
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hervey Range 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 995, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hervey Range's 295 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Northern Beaches, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hervey Range. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hervey Range itself.
5,363 in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
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.
Hervey Range 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
Profile last materially updated 19 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 Hervey Range 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Hervey Range. 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 (+$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 Hervey Range lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Hervey Range planning - frequently asked
Is Hervey Range flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Hervey Range and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 39%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 66 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Hervey Range bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Hervey Range is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Hervey Range?
The dominant planning zone in Hervey Range is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Hervey Range have heritage-listed places?
Hervey Range has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Hervey Range hilly or flat?
Hervey Range is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 47 m to 232 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Hervey Range?
Across 76 surveyed parcels in Hervey Range, the median lot size is about 456,342 m². There are also 23 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Hervey Range?
At the 2021 Census Hervey Range had 295 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Northern Beaches statistical area, which contains Hervey Range, went from 5,363 people in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
Is Hervey Range an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hervey Range scores 995 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hervey Range?
Median household income in Hervey Range was $1,875 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $365 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice River | 9.7 km | 0% | 72% |
| Rangewood | 12.7 km | 0% | 60% |
| Blue Hills | 13.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Black River | 13.6 km | 4% | 45% |
| Lynam | 15.5 km | <1% | 91% |
| Gumlow | 16.6 km | 0% | 50% |
| Bohle Plains | 17.3 km | 0% | 59% |
| Jensen | 17.4 km | 0% | 40% |
| Pinnacles | 18.6 km | 0% | 74% |
| Bluewater Park | 19.5 km | 0% | 93% |