Parkside flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Parkside
(Mount Isa City, QLD) - 1.5 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.5 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Parkside's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Parkside properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 891 Parkside properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 891 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Parkside.
Parkside at a glance
Schools in and near Parkside
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
1 school providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Parkside is zoned
Selling in Parkside? 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 1.5 km², Parkside is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 31% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Medium Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 904 m² across 687 parcels.
Who lives in Parkside
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Parkside 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 990, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Parkside's 1,530 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Isa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Parkside. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Parkside itself.
20,262 in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.
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.
Parkside 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 12 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 Parkside 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.
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 Parkside lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Parkside planning - frequently asked
Is Parkside flood-prone?
About 31% of Parkside falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 13%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 891 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Parkside bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Parkside is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Parkside?
The dominant planning zone in Parkside is Medium Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Not applied and Sport and Recreation.
Does Parkside have heritage-listed places?
Parkside has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Parkside hilly or flat?
Parkside is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 7% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 347 m to 364 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Parkside?
Across 687 surveyed parcels in Parkside, the median lot size is about 904 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Parkside?
At the 2021 Census Parkside had 1,530 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Mount Isa statistical area, which contains Parkside, went from 20,262 people in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.
Is Parkside an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Parkside scores 990 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Parkside?
Median household income in Parkside was $2,347 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,177 for the typical suburb in Mount Isa City. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,428 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mornington | 0.9 km | 6% | 0% |
| Mount Isa City | 1.3 km | 5% | 0% |
| Happy Valley | 1.4 km | 38% | 41% |
| Miles End | 1.6 km | 44% | 16% |
| The Gap | 1.7 km | <1% | 0% |
| Healy | 1.9 km | 9% | 22% |
| Townview | 1.9 km | 0% | 13% |
| Menzies | 2.3 km | 3% | 0% |
| Pioneer | 2.8 km | 4% | 6% |
| Mica Creek | 3.1 km | 37% | 51% |