Keppel Sands flood map & planning overlays
766 m² beach blocks in Keppel Sands, 65.9% flood-mapped.
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 Keppel Sands
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 34.32 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
34.32 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Keppel Sands's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Keppel Sands
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Keppel Sands at a glance
Schools in and near Keppel Sands
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 12.78 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 Keppel Sands address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Keppel Sands is zoned
Selling in Keppel Sands? 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 34.32 km², Keppel Sands is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 55% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 18% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 766 m² across 303 parcels.
Who lives in Keppel Sands
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Keppel Sands 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 901, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Keppel Sands's 374 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rockhampton Surrounds - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Keppel Sands. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Keppel Sands itself.
2,728 in 2001 to 3,754 in 2025, up 38%.
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.
Keppel Sands 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 |
| 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 |
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 Keppel Sands 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 15% of Keppel Sands. 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 Keppel Sands. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Keppel Sands lot.
Keppel Sands planning - frequently asked
Is Keppel Sands flood-prone?
About 55% of Keppel Sands falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Published flood models are held over parts of Keppel Sands; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Keppel Sands bushfire-prone?
Around 18% of Keppel Sands is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
Is Keppel Sands under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 15% of Keppel Sands, and over about 23% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. 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 Keppel Sands?
The dominant planning zone in Keppel Sands is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Township.
Does Keppel Sands have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Keppel Sands.
What is the typical lot size in Keppel Sands?
Across 303 surveyed parcels in Keppel Sands, the median lot size is about 766 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Keppel Sands have a train station?
There is no train station inside Keppel Sands itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Keppel Sands?
At the 2021 Census Keppel Sands had 374 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Rockhampton Surrounds - East statistical area, which contains Keppel Sands, went from 2,728 people in 2001 to 3,754 in 2025, up 38%.
Is Keppel Sands an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Keppel Sands scores 901 and sits in decile 2 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 Keppel Sands?
Median household income in Keppel Sands was $931 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,263 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joskeleigh | 4.7 km | 53% | 30% |
| Zilzie | 4.8 km | 63% | 14% |
| Coorooman | 7.8 km | 67% | 34% |
| Coowonga | 8.1 km | 5% | 94% |
| Emu Park | 9.8 km | 35% | 40% |
| Tungamull | 10.9 km | 17% | 72% |
| Kinka Beach | 12.7 km | 36% | 39% |
| Tanby | 14.9 km | 6% | 84% |
| Causeway Lake | 15.5 km | 57% | 24% |
| Thompson Point | 15.6 km | 69% | 30% |