Keswick Island flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Keswick Island
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 87.08 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
87.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Keswick Island's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Keswick Island properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 188 Keswick Island properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 188 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Keswick Island.
Keswick Island at a glance
Schools in and near Keswick Island
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: 20.12 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 23.89 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 Keswick Island is zoned
Selling in Keswick Island? 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 87.08 km², Keswick Island is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 106,102 m² across 18 parcels.
Keswick Island 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 | Not available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
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 Keswick Island 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 Keswick Island. 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 Keswick Island lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Keswick Island planning - frequently asked
Is Keswick Island flood-prone?
About 5% of Keswick Island falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 188 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 188 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Keswick Island bushfire-prone?
Around 5% of Keswick Island is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Keswick Island?
The dominant planning zone in Keswick Island is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Tourism and Open space.
Does Keswick Island have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Keswick Island.
Is Keswick Island hilly or flat?
Keswick Island is steep: the median ground slope is about 30%, and 92% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 8 m to 132 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Keswick Island?
Across 18 surveyed parcels in Keswick Island, the median lot size is about 106,102 m². There are also 9 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin Heads | 25.0 km | 59% | 1% |
| Slade Point | 25.7 km | 68% | 12% |
| Eimeo | 26.2 km | 50% | 6% |
| Blacks Beach | 26.4 km | 68% | 19% |
| Shoal Point | 27.0 km | 68% | 8% |
| Bucasia | 27.6 km | 75% | 8% |
| Rural View | 28.6 km | 34% | 11% |
| Andergrove | 28.7 km | 72% | 14% |
| Mackay Harbour | 28.9 km | 70% | 17% |
| Beaconsfield | 29.8 km | 61% | 2% |