Limestone flood map & planning overlays
95.7% of Limestone is mapped for local environmental significance.
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A planning-constraint profile of Limestone
(Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 28.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
28.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Limestone's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Limestone properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 11 analysed Limestone properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 11 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Limestone.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Limestone
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 to
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.
Limestone at a glance
Schools in and near Limestone
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: 1.99 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.18 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 Limestone address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Limestone is zoned
Selling in Limestone? 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 28.87 km², Limestone is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 350,559 m² across 16 parcels.
Who lives in Limestone
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Limestone 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 884, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Morgan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Limestone. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Limestone itself.
2,887 in 2001 to 3,090 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Limestone 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 Limestone 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Limestone. 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 Limestone lot.
Limestone planning - frequently asked
Is Limestone flood-prone?
About 21% of Limestone falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 9% of the 11 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Limestone; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Limestone bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Limestone is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 49%.
Is Limestone under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Limestone in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Limestone?
The dominant planning zone in Limestone is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential.
Does Limestone have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Limestone.
Is Limestone hilly or flat?
Limestone is hilly: the median ground slope is about 13%, and 36% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 276 m to 340 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Limestone?
Across 16 surveyed parcels in Limestone, the median lot size is about 350,559 m².
Is Limestone an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Limestone scores 884 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Creek | 3.1 km | 37% | 41% |
| Mount Morgan | 3.2 km | 27% | 56% |
| Johnsons Hill | 4.1 km | 19% | 97% |
| Horse Creek | 4.6 km | 39% | 71% |
| Struck Oil | 5.0 km | 26% | 98% |
| Walterhall | 5.5 km | 37% | 44% |
| Baree | 5.6 km | 44% | 73% |
| Leydens Hill | 5.6 km | 21% | 100% |
| Trotter Creek | 6.5 km | 24% | 95% |
| The Mine | 6.5 km | 31% | 70% |