Lake Proserpine flood map & planning overlays
Lake Proserpine is the most bushfire-mapped suburb in Whitsunday Regional, 85.5%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lake Proserpine
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 268.78 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
268.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lake Proserpine'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 Lake Proserpine
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
typical observed square 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 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.
Lake Proserpine at a glance
Schools in and near Lake Proserpine
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 17.93 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 17.83 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 Lake Proserpine address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Lake Proserpine is zoned
Selling in Lake Proserpine? 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 268.78 km², Lake Proserpine is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 36% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 86% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 891,203 m² across 27 parcels.
Who lives in Lake Proserpine
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lake Proserpine 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 924, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lake Proserpine. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lake Proserpine itself.
7,033 in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
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.
Lake Proserpine 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 Lake Proserpine 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 →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 Lake Proserpine. 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 Lake Proserpine lot.
Lake Proserpine planning - frequently asked
Is Lake Proserpine flood-prone?
About 36% of Lake Proserpine falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of Lake Proserpine; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Lake Proserpine bushfire-prone?
Around 86% of Lake Proserpine is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 34%.
Is Lake Proserpine under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 17% of Lake Proserpine in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 2,500 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 Lake Proserpine?
The dominant planning zone in Lake Proserpine is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community facilities and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Lake Proserpine have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Lake Proserpine.
What is the typical lot size in Lake Proserpine?
Across 27 surveyed parcels in Lake Proserpine, the median lot size is about 891,203 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Lake Proserpine an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lake Proserpine scores 924 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dittmer | 8.8 km | 15% | 80% |
| Pauls Pocket | 13.2 km | 4% | 66% |
| Mount Pluto | 14.0 km | 20% | 44% |
| Crystal Brook | 14.9 km | 37% | 55% |
| Kelsey Creek | 16.6 km | 72% | 56% |
| Silver Creek | 16.8 km | 54% | 47% |
| Foxdale | 20.0 km | 100% | 17% |
| Gregory River | 20.7 km | 59% | 13% |
| Goorganga Creek | 21.0 km | 36% | 54% |
| Myrtlevale | 23.3 km | 63% | 8% |