Meikleville Hill flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Meikleville Hill
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 0.5 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
0.5 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Meikleville Hill's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Meikleville Hill at a glance
Schools in and near Meikleville Hill
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: 0.98 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.24 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 Meikleville Hill is zoned
Selling in Meikleville Hill? 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 0.5 km², Meikleville Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 62% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Medium density residential. The median lot measures about 737 m² across 306 parcels.
Who lives in Meikleville Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Meikleville Hill 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 1005, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Meikleville Hill's 450 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yeppoon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Meikleville Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Meikleville Hill itself.
12,256 in 2001 to 22,522 in 2025, up 84%.
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.
Meikleville Hill 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 Meikleville Hill 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 Meikleville Hill. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Meikleville Hill lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Meikleville Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Meikleville Hill flood-prone?
About 5% of Meikleville Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 42%.
Is Meikleville Hill bushfire-prone?
Around 62% of Meikleville Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
What is the zoning in Meikleville Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Meikleville Hill is Medium density residential, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Rural.
Does Meikleville Hill have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Meikleville Hill.
What is the typical lot size in Meikleville Hill?
Across 306 surveyed parcels in Meikleville Hill, the median lot size is about 737 m². There are also 53 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Meikleville Hill have a train station?
There is no train station inside Meikleville Hill itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Meikleville Hill?
At the 2021 Census Meikleville Hill had 450 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Yeppoon statistical area, which contains Meikleville Hill, went from 12,256 people in 2001 to 22,522 in 2025, up 84%.
Is Meikleville Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Meikleville Hill scores 1005 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Meikleville Hill?
Median household income in Meikleville Hill was $1,589 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barlows Hill | 0.9 km | 3% | 67% |
| Pacific Heights | 2.2 km | 1% | 65% |
| Yeppoon | 2.6 km | 24% | 16% |
| Inverness | 2.7 km | 27% | 86% |
| Taranganba | 3.9 km | 39% | 50% |
| Barmaryee | 4.9 km | 50% | 72% |
| Cooee Bay | 5.1 km | 21% | 1% |
| Adelaide Park | 5.3 km | 36% | 83% |
| Bangalee | 5.7 km | 25% | 0% |
| Lammermoor | 5.9 km | 33% | 31% |