Rollingstone flood map & planning overlays
Rollingstone keeps 6 ha lots in heavy bushfire country, 85.5% mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Rollingstone
(Townsville City, QLD) - 39.66 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
39.66 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rollingstone'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 Rollingstone properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 98 analysed Rollingstone properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 98 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Rollingstone.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Rollingstone
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 0 a day
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.
Rollingstone at a glance
Schools in and near Rollingstone
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 7.85 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 Rollingstone address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Rollingstone is zoned
Selling in Rollingstone? 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 39.66 km², Rollingstone is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 86% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 55,201 m² across 107 parcels.
Recent development applications in Rollingstone
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Rollingstone
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rollingstone 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 926, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rollingstone's 133 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Northern Beaches, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rollingstone. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rollingstone itself.
5,363 in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
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.
Rollingstone 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville 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 Rollingstone 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 37% of Rollingstone. 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 Rollingstone. 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 Rollingstone lot.
Rollingstone planning - frequently asked
Is Rollingstone flood-prone?
About 34% of Rollingstone falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 98 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Rollingstone; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Rollingstone bushfire-prone?
Around 86% of Rollingstone is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is Rollingstone under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 37% of Rollingstone, and over about 48% 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 Rollingstone?
The dominant planning zone in Rollingstone is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Community Facilities.
Does Rollingstone have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Rollingstone.
Is Rollingstone hilly or flat?
Rollingstone is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 11% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 99 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Rollingstone?
Across 107 surveyed parcels in Rollingstone, the median lot size is about 55,201 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Rollingstone?
At the 2021 Census Rollingstone had 133 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Northern Beaches statistical area, which contains Rollingstone, went from 5,363 people in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
Is Rollingstone an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rollingstone scores 926 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 Rollingstone?
Median household income in Rollingstone was $924 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,494 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balgal Beach | 2.7 km | 88% | 85% |
| Toomulla | 9.2 km | 72% | 96% |
| Crystal Creek | 9.7 km | 3% | 62% |
| Clemant | 10.3 km | 11% | 92% |
| Mutarnee | 10.4 km | 26% | 84% |
| Coolbie Hinchinbrook Shire |
19.7 km | 59% | 33% |
| Bluewater Park | 20.0 km | 13% | 93% |
| Paluma | 20.7 km | 7% | 14% |
| Bluewater | 21.9 km | 52% | 88% |
| Lynam | 24.1 km | 2% | 91% |