Richmond flood map & planning overlays
Richmond earns the most in Mackay Regional, $3,169 a week per household, and skews young.
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A planning-constraint profile of Richmond
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 10.71 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
10.71 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Richmond'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 Richmond properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 594 analysed Richmond properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 594 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Richmond.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Richmond
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
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.
Richmond at a glance
Schools in and near Richmond
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 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.33 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.32 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 Richmond is zoned
Selling in Richmond? 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 10.71 km², Richmond is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 20% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 8% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 821 m² across 595 parcels.
Who lives in Richmond
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Richmond 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 1105, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Richmond's 852 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Pleasant - Glenella, the wider ABS statistical area containing Richmond. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Richmond itself.
6,717 in 2001 to 12,060 in 2025, up 80%.
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.
Richmond 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
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 Richmond 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 68% of Richmond. 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 Richmond. 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Richmond lot.
Richmond planning - frequently asked
Is Richmond flood-prone?
About 20% of Richmond falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%. Across the suburb, 35% of the 594 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Richmond; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Richmond bushfire-prone?
Around 8% of Richmond is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
Is Richmond under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 68% of Richmond, and over about 80% 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 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 24 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 Richmond?
The dominant planning zone in Richmond is Rural, though the suburb also includes Emerging community and Rural residential.
Does Richmond have heritage-listed places?
Richmond has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Richmond hilly or flat?
Richmond is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 15% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 10 m to 73 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Richmond?
Across 595 surveyed parcels in Richmond, the median lot size is about 821 m². There are also 179 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Richmond?
At the 2021 Census Richmond had 852 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Mount Pleasant - Glenella statistical area, which contains Richmond, went from 6,717 people in 2001 to 12,060 in 2025, up 80%.
Is Richmond an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Richmond scores 1105 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Richmond?
Median household income in Richmond was $3,169 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenella | 2.8 km | 43% | 11% |
| Nindaroo | 2.8 km | 1% | 18% |
| Beaconsfield | 3.2 km | 61% | 2% |
| Rural View | 3.7 km | 34% | 11% |
| Mount Pleasant | 4.2 km | 30% | 2% |
| Erakala | 4.6 km | 44% | 7% |
| Farleigh | 5.0 km | <1% | 6% |
| Andergrove | 5.1 km | 72% | 14% |
| Foulden | 5.4 km | 100% | 0% |
| Blacks Beach | 5.8 km | 68% | 19% |