South Townsville flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of South Townsville
(Townsville City, QLD) - 5.42 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
5.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to South Townsville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across South Townsville properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,919 South Townsville properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,919 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in South Townsville.
South Townsville at a glance
Schools in and near South Townsville
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.74 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 South Townsville is zoned
Selling in South Townsville? 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 5.42 km², South Townsville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 99% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 43 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Specialised Centre. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 809 m² across 1,813 parcels.
Recent development applications in South Townsville
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
Latest included submission: 2 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 78 (47% lower in the latest 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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in South Townsville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the South Townsville 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 977, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of South Townsville's 2,424 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of South Townsville - Railway Estate, the wider ABS statistical area containing South Townsville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than South Townsville itself.
4,798 in 2001 to 5,618 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
South Townsville 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
Profile last materially updated 19 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 South Townsville 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of South Townsville. 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 (+$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 South Townsville lot.
See what's in the $9 report →South Townsville planning - frequently asked
Is South Townsville flood-prone?
About 99% of South Townsville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,919 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is South Townsville bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers South Townsville and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Townsville City average is 50%).
What is the zoning in South Townsville?
The dominant planning zone in South Townsville is Specialised Centre, though the suburb also includes Character Residential and High Density Residential.
Does South Townsville have heritage-listed places?
South Townsville has 43 heritage-listed places on record.
Is South Townsville hilly or flat?
South Townsville is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 6 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in South Townsville?
Across 1,813 surveyed parcels in South Townsville, the median lot size is about 809 m². There are also 80 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does South Townsville have a train station?
There is no train station inside South Townsville itself. The suburb is served by 12 bus stops.
What is the population of South Townsville?
At the 2021 Census South Townsville had 2,424 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider South Townsville - Railway Estate statistical area, which contains South Townsville, went from 4,798 people in 2001 to 5,618 in 2025, up 17%.
Is South Townsville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), South Townsville scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in South Townsville?
Median household income in South Townsville was $1,516 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville City | 1.6 km | 66% | 7% |
| Railway Estate | 2.2 km | 100% | 0% |
| North Ward | 2.5 km | 55% | 11% |
| Castle Hill | 3.6 km | 0% | 86% |
| Hermit Park | 3.7 km | 100% | 0% |
| West End | 4.0 km | 68% | 17% |
| Hyde Park | 4.1 km | 100% | 0% |
| Oonoonba | 4.2 km | 100% | 0% |
| Belgian Gardens | 4.2 km | 66% | 15% |
| Mysterton | 4.9 km | 100% | 1% |