Mount Julian flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Julian
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 7.96 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
7.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Julian's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Mount Julian at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Julian
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: 3.06 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.06 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 Julian is zoned
Selling in Mount Julian? 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 7.96 km², Mount Julian is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 53% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 65% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 2,218 m² across 230 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Julian
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Julian 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 969, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Julian's 477 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Proserpine, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Julian. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Julian itself.
7,033 in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
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 Julian 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 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 Mount Julian 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 Mount Julian. 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 Mount Julian lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Julian planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Julian flood-prone?
About 53% of Mount Julian falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Mount Julian bushfire-prone?
Around 65% of Mount Julian is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 69%.
What is the zoning in Mount Julian?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Julian is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Low density residential.
Does Mount Julian have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Julian.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Julian?
Across 230 surveyed parcels in Mount Julian, the median lot size is about 2,218 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mount Julian have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mount Julian itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.
What is the population of Mount Julian?
At the 2021 Census Mount Julian had 477 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Proserpine statistical area, which contains Mount Julian, went from 7,033 people in 2001 to 9,503 in 2025, up 35%.
Is Mount Julian an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Julian scores 969 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Julian?
Median household income in Mount Julian was $1,645 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,499 for the typical suburb in Whitsunday Regional. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Plains | 3.1 km | 99% | 34% |
| Mount Marlow | 3.6 km | 42% | 76% |
| Strathdickie | 4.9 km | 31% | 70% |
| Glen Isla | 5.2 km | 99% | 37% |
| Proserpine | 5.8 km | 86% | 31% |
| Preston | 6.4 km | 61% | 68% |
| Breadalbane | 6.6 km | 100% | 35% |
| Sugarloaf | 7.2 km | 8% | 92% |
| Myrtlevale | 7.7 km | 63% | 40% |
| Cannon Valley | 7.9 km | 42% | 76% |