Murray flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Murray
(Townsville City, QLD) - 12.07 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
12.07 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Murray's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Murray properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 34 Murray properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 34 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Murray.
Murray at a glance
Schools in and near Murray
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: 0.19 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.34 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 Murray is zoned
Selling in Murray? 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 12.07 km², Murray is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 81% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Specialised Centre. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 190,121 m² across 32 parcels.
Recent development applications in Murray
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Townsville City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the period.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Murray
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Murray suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Age profile
Share of Murray's 1,739 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Annandale (Qld), the wider ABS statistical area containing Murray. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Murray itself.
9,323 in 2001 to 10,353 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Murray 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 Murray 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 Murray. 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 (+$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 Murray lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Murray planning - frequently asked
Is Murray flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Murray and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 39%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 34 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Murray bushfire-prone?
Around 81% of Murray is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Murray?
The dominant planning zone in Murray is Specialised Centre, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Low Density Residential.
Does Murray have heritage-listed places?
Murray has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Murray hilly or flat?
Murray is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 9% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 67 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Murray?
Across 32 surveyed parcels in Murray, the median lot size is about 190,121 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Murray?
At the 2021 Census Murray had 1,739 usual residents, with a median age of 22 and an average household size of 1.0 people. The wider Annandale (Qld) statistical area, which contains Murray, went from 9,323 people in 2001 to 10,353 in 2025, up 11%.
What is the median household income in Murray?
Median household income in Murray was $1,325 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $107 a week.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wulguru | 2.2 km | 18% | 32% |
| Roseneath | 3.3 km | 0% | 94% |
| Annandale | 3.3 km | 72% | 15% |
| Idalia | 3.6 km | 100% | <1% |
| Rosslea | 4.4 km | 100% | <1% |
| Mundingburra | 4.4 km | 100% | 18% |
| Cluden | 4.5 km | 100% | 12% |
| Oonoonba | 4.9 km | 100% | 0% |
| Mount Stuart | 5.0 km | <1% | 94% |
| Aitkenvale | 5.1 km | 40% | 3% |