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Rangewood flood map & planning overlays

Rangewood earns $2,511 a week per household and rents for $400.

A planning-constraint profile of Rangewood (Townsville City, QLD) - 21.13 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rangewood'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 Rangewood properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 426 analysed Rangewood properties; no individual property result is identified.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Rangewood

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

Under observed aircraft
86%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
78%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
500 ft
averaging 2,500 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
1 a day below 3,000 ft · ±14% · area average
typical observed square 1 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.

Rangewood at a glance

Parcels 423 Median lot 4,625 m² Mapped easements 73 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Rangewood

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 4.13 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 4.07 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 Rangewood address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Rangewood is zoned

Rural 82%
Rural Residential 10%
Conservation 6%
Open Space 2%
Community Facilities 0%

Selling in Rangewood? 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 21.13 km², Rangewood is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 61% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 60% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 4,625 m² across 423 parcels.

Recent development applications in Rangewood

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

<5

The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.

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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Rangewood

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rangewood suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
1,084
usual residents, 2021
Median age
45
years
Median household income
$2,511
per week, Townsville City suburb typical $1,510
Median rent
$400
per week, Townsville City suburb typical $291
Median mortgage
$1,733
per month
Household size
3.0
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1023, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Rangewood's 1,084 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.3%
5-14 11.0%
15-19 8.5%
20-24 4.6%
25-34 8.8%
35-44 12.7%
45-54 16.4%
55-64 18.8%
65-74 10.8%
75-84 3.2%
85+ 0.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Bohle Plains, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rangewood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rangewood itself.

2,671 in 2001 to 10,466 in 2025, up 292%.

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.

Rangewood data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsTownsville City Council

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 Rangewood address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 78% of Rangewood. 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 Rangewood. 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 Rangewood lot.

Rangewood planning - frequently asked

Is Rangewood flood-prone?

About 61% of Rangewood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 426 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Rangewood; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Rangewood bushfire-prone?

Around 60% of Rangewood is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.

Is Rangewood under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 78% of Rangewood, and over about 86% 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 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Rangewood?

The dominant planning zone in Rangewood is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Conservation.

Does Rangewood have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Rangewood.

Is Rangewood hilly or flat?

Rangewood is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 27 m to 35 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Rangewood?

Across 423 surveyed parcels in Rangewood, the median lot size is about 4,625 m². There are also 73 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Rangewood?

At the 2021 Census Rangewood had 1,084 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Bohle Plains statistical area, which contains Rangewood, went from 2,671 people in 2001 to 10,466 in 2025, up 292%.

Is Rangewood an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rangewood scores 1023 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Rangewood?

Median household income in Rangewood was $2,511 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Bohle Plains 4.9 km 44% 59%
Jensen 5.5 km 74% 40%
Alice River 5.6 km 17% 72%
Black River 5.7 km 27% 45%
Deeragun 7.1 km 72% 44%
Shaw 8.3 km 66% 88%
Gumlow 8.7 km 51% 50%
Kirwan 9.4 km 93% 8%
Mount Low 9.5 km 90% 30%
Cosgrove 9.5 km 50% 78%

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