Rockingham flood map & planning overlays
83.6% flood-mapped and 43.2% bushfire-mapped, on 5 ha lots.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Rockingham
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 127.04 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
127.04 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rockingham'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Rockingham
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
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Rockingham at a glance
Schools in and near Rockingham
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: 0.73 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.84 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 Rockingham address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Rockingham is zoned
Selling in Rockingham? 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 127.04 km², Rockingham is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 84% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 43% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 48,069 m² across 269 parcels.
Who lives in Rockingham
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rockingham 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 915, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rockingham's 104 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rockingham. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rockingham itself.
11,086 in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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 →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 Rockingham. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Rockingham lot.
Rockingham planning - frequently asked
Is Rockingham flood-prone?
About 84% of Rockingham falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Rockingham; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Rockingham bushfire-prone?
Around 43% of Rockingham is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is Rockingham under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Rockingham in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,000 ft. 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 Rockingham?
The dominant planning zone in Rockingham is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Special purpose.
Does Rockingham have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Rockingham.
What is the typical lot size in Rockingham?
Across 269 surveyed parcels in Rockingham, the median lot size is about 48,069 m². There are also 33 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Rockingham?
At the 2021 Census Rockingham had 104 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Tully statistical area, which contains Rockingham, went from 11,086 people in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Rockingham an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rockingham scores 915 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Rockingham?
Median household income in Rockingham was $1,812 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $160 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tully Heads | 6.9 km | 70% | 28% |
| Lower Tully | 7.2 km | 91% | 38% |
| Bilyana | 8.7 km | 73% | 56% |
| Hull Heads | 9.3 km | 73% | 43% |
| Silky Oak | 9.4 km | 91% | 12% |
| Murrigal | 10.6 km | 98% | 28% |
| Euramo | 11.6 km | 100% | 8% |
| Carmoo | 12.1 km | 70% | 54% |
| Mount Mackay | 12.3 km | 24% | 32% |
| Tully | 13.6 km | 71% | 12% |