Lynam flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Lynam
(Townsville City, QLD) - 180.06 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
180.06 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lynam's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Lynam properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 46 Lynam properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 46 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Lynam.
Lynam at a glance
Schools in and near Lynam
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: 3.25 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 7.75 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 Lynam is zoned
Selling in Lynam? 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 180.06 km², Lynam is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 91% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 249,237 m² across 60 parcels.
Recent development applications in Lynam
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 Lynam
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lynam 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 960, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Northern Beaches, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lynam. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lynam 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.
Lynam 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 Lynam 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 Lynam. 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 Lynam lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Lynam planning - frequently asked
Is Lynam flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Lynam 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 46 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Lynam bushfire-prone?
Around 91% of Lynam is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Lynam?
The dominant planning zone in Lynam is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Community Facilities.
Does Lynam have heritage-listed places?
Lynam has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Lynam hilly or flat?
Lynam is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 37% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 40 m to 299 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Lynam?
Across 60 surveyed parcels in Lynam, the median lot size is about 249,237 m². There are also 9 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Lynam an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lynam scores 960 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hills | 6.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bluewater Park | 8.8 km | 0% | 93% |
| Clemant | 14.8 km | 11% | 92% |
| Bluewater | 14.8 km | 29% | 88% |
| Hervey Range | 15.5 km | <1% | 92% |
| Black River | 16.4 km | 4% | 45% |
| Yabulu | 18.0 km | 36% | 46% |
| Toomulla | 19.5 km | 72% | 96% |
| Toolakea | 20.0 km | 100% | 55% |
| Saunders Beach | 20.4 km | 100% | 54% |