Stuart flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Stuart
(Townsville City, QLD) - 54.68 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
54.68 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Stuart's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Stuart properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 720 Stuart properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 720 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Stuart.
Stuart at a glance
Schools in and near Stuart
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: 0.52 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 Stuart is zoned
Selling in Stuart? 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 54.68 km², Stuart is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 60% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 42% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Special Purpose. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 848 m² across 776 parcels.
Recent development applications in Stuart
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: 28 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 39 (64% 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 Stuart
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Stuart suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Age profile
Share of Stuart's 1,576 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wulguru - Roseneath, the wider ABS statistical area containing Stuart. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Stuart itself.
6,101 in 2001 to 6,403 in 2025, up 5%.
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.
Stuart 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 Stuart 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 Stuart. 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 Stuart lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Stuart planning - frequently asked
Is Stuart flood-prone?
About 60% of Stuart falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 720 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Stuart bushfire-prone?
Around 42% of Stuart is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Stuart?
The dominant planning zone in Stuart is Special Purpose, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Rural.
Does Stuart have heritage-listed places?
Stuart has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Stuart hilly or flat?
Stuart is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 44% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 183 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Stuart?
Across 776 surveyed parcels in Stuart, the median lot size is about 848 m². There are also 194 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Stuart have a train station?
There is no train station inside Stuart itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Stuart?
At the 2021 Census Stuart had 1,576 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Wulguru - Roseneath statistical area, which contains Stuart, went from 6,101 people in 2001 to 6,403 in 2025, up 5%.
What is the median household income in Stuart?
Median household income in Stuart was $1,239 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,213 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluden | 4.1 km | 100% | 12% |
| Wulguru | 5.0 km | 18% | 32% |
| Julago | 5.1 km | 0% | 86% |
| Roseneath | 5.4 km | 0% | 94% |
| Oonoonba | 5.9 km | 100% | 0% |
| Idalia | 6.2 km | 100% | <1% |
| Murray | 7.0 km | <1% | 81% |
| Rosslea | 7.6 km | 100% | <1% |
| Railway Estate | 7.6 km | 100% | 0% |
| Hermit Park | 8.0 km | 100% | 0% |