Mount Gardiner flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Gardiner
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 591.67 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
591.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Gardiner's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Mount Gardiner at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Gardiner
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: 28.24 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 68.86 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 Mount Gardiner is zoned
Selling in Mount Gardiner? 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 591.67 km², Mount Gardiner is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 45% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 49% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 11,243,304 m² across 22 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Gardiner
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Gardiner 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 959, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rockhampton Surrounds - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Gardiner. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Gardiner itself.
3,883 in 2001 to 5,054 in 2025, up 30%.
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.
Mount Gardiner 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 Mount Gardiner address
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Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Mount Gardiner lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Gardiner planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Gardiner flood-prone?
About 45% of Mount Gardiner falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 42%.
Is Mount Gardiner bushfire-prone?
Around 49% of Mount Gardiner is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
What is the zoning in Mount Gardiner?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Gardiner is Rural.
Does Mount Gardiner have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Gardiner.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Gardiner?
Across 22 surveyed parcels in Mount Gardiner, the median lot size is about 11,243,304 m². There are also 24 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Mount Gardiner an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Gardiner scores 959 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough | 35.6 km | 31% | 62% |
| Glenroy Rockhampton Regional |
36.8 km | 45% | 81% |
| Ogmore | 43.4 km | 6% | 53% |
| Canoona | 58.7 km | 59% | 74% |
| Kunwarara | 59.1 km | 11% | 53% |
| Morinish Rockhampton Regional |
60.4 km | 52% | 45% |
| Morinish South Rockhampton Regional |
67.2 km | 56% | 52% |
| Gogango Rockhampton Regional |
75.9 km | 57% | 51% |
| Garnant Rockhampton Regional |
77.4 km | 76% | 25% |
| Ridgelands Rockhampton Regional |
81.7 km | 45% | 24% |