Midgee flood map & planning overlays
Midgee shares the busiest sky in Rockhampton Regional, 38 flights a day, on flat ground.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Midgee
(Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 142.01 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
142.01 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Midgee'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
How common is mapped flood risk across Midgee properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 133 analysed Midgee properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 133 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Midgee.
Has Midgee flooded? Flood history and overland flow
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Midgee: 81 of the 133 properties we analysed (60.9%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 2011: 80, Historic Flood 2017: 80). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Suburb-wide totals across 133 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
81 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 2011: 80
- Historic Flood 2017: 80
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Midgee
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Midgee at a glance
Schools in and near Midgee
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: 4.44 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 7.12 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 Midgee address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Midgee is zoned
Selling in Midgee? 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 142.01 km², Midgee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 83% 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 491,617 m² across 162 parcels.
Who lives in Midgee
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Midgee 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 912, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Midgee's 90 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bouldercombe, the wider ABS statistical area containing Midgee. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Midgee 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.
Midgee 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 Midgee 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Midgee. 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 Midgee. 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 Midgee lot.
Midgee planning - frequently asked
Is Midgee flood-prone?
About 83% of Midgee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 66% of the 133 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 84 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Midgee; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Has Midgee flooded?
Yes. Recorded flood mapping reaches into Midgee: 81 of the 133 properties we analysed (60.9%) sit at least partly inside a mapped historical flood extent (Historic Flood 2011: 80, Historic Flood 2017: 80). The free address check says whether a given lot is inside one.
Is Midgee bushfire-prone?
Around 30% of Midgee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 49%.
Is Midgee under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Midgee, and over about 58% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,000 ft, with an average of 6,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 35 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Midgee?
The dominant planning zone in Midgee is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose.
Does Midgee have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Midgee.
Is Midgee hilly or flat?
Midgee is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 72 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Midgee?
Across 162 surveyed parcels in Midgee, the median lot size is about 491,617 m². There are also 35 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Midgee?
At the 2021 Census Midgee had 90 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Bouldercombe statistical area, which contains Midgee, went from 2,161 people in 2001 to 1,972 in 2025, down 9%.
Is Midgee an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Midgee scores 912 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Midgee?
Median household income in Midgee was $1,187 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,327 for the typical suburb in Rockhampton Regional. Median rent was $210 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerimbera Livingstone Shire |
9.3 km | 68% | 51% |
| Port Curtis | 10.0 km | 98% | 16% |
| Nankin Livingstone Shire |
11.9 km | 57% | 56% |
| Bouldercombe | 11.9 km | 44% | 54% |
| Lakes Creek Livingstone Shire |
12.4 km | 14% | 100% |
| Lakes Creek | 13.7 km | 31% | 80% |
| Depot Hill | 13.8 km | 100% | 0% |
| The Common | 14.0 km | 100% | 44% |
| Allenstown | 14.4 km | 95% | 0% |
| Koongal | 14.9 km | 65% | 38% |