Marmor flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Marmor
(Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 138.26 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
138.26 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Marmor's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Marmor properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 272 Marmor properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 272 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Marmor.
Marmor flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 272 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Marmor; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
27 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 2017: 27
Source: Rockhampton Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Marmor at a glance
Schools in and near Marmor
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
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: 19.64 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 Marmor is zoned
Selling in Marmor? 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 138.26 km², Marmor is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 58% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 30% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 186,533 m² across 296 parcels.
Who lives in Marmor
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Marmor 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 899, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Marmor's 208 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bouldercombe, the wider ABS statistical area containing Marmor. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Marmor itself.
2,161 in 2001 to 1,972 in 2025, down 9%.
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.
Marmor 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 |
Profile last materially updated 16 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 Marmor 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.
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 Marmor lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Marmor planning - frequently asked
Is Marmor flood-prone?
About 58% of Marmor falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 20% of the 272 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 47 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Marmor bushfire-prone?
Around 30% of Marmor is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 55%.
What is the zoning in Marmor?
The dominant planning zone in Marmor is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and Township.
Does Marmor have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Marmor.
Is Marmor hilly or flat?
Marmor is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 129 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Marmor?
Across 296 surveyed parcels in Marmor, the median lot size is about 186,533 m². There are also 84 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Marmor?
At the 2021 Census Marmor had 208 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Bouldercombe statistical area, which contains Marmor, went from 2,161 people in 2001 to 1,972 in 2025, down 9%.
Is Marmor an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Marmor scores 899 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 Marmor?
Median household income in Marmor was $1,292 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,327 for the typical suburb in Rockhampton Regional. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,659 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raglan Gladstone Regional |
12.4 km | 39% | 61% |
| Port Alma | 14.1 km | 100% | 1% |
| Bajool | 15.8 km | 59% | 53% |
| Ambrose Gladstone Regional |
18.6 km | 40% | 68% |
| Darts Creek Gladstone Regional |
21.8 km | 33% | 76% |
| The Narrows Gladstone Regional |
23.8 km | 84% | 29% |
| Machine Creek Gladstone Regional |
24.6 km | 38% | 39% |
| Thompson Point Livingstone Shire |
26.7 km | 71% | 30% |
| Midgee | 27.6 km | 83% | 30% |
| Mount Larcom Gladstone Regional |
29.1 km | 42% | 81% |