The Common flood map & planning overlays
The Common is 100% flood-mapped and mostly zoned for sport and recreation.
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 The Common
(Rockhampton Regional, QLD) - 5.38 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
5.38 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to The Common'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 The Common properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 12 analysed The Common properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 12 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in The Common.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over The Common
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: observed, lowest 8,500 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.
The Common at a glance
Schools in and near The Common
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: 0.33 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 The Common is zoned
Selling in The Common? 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 5.38 km², The Common is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 44% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Sport and recreation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 101,137 m² across 13 parcels.
Who lives in The Common
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the The Common suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Berserker, the wider ABS statistical area containing The Common. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than The Common itself.
7,085 in 2001 to 7,293 in 2025, up 3%.
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.
The Common 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 The Common 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 9% of The Common. 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 The Common. 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 The Common lot.
The Common planning - frequently asked
Is The Common flood-prone?
About 100% of The Common falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 53%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 12 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 12 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of The Common; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is The Common bushfire-prone?
Around 44% of The Common is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Rockhampton Regional average of 49%.
Is The Common under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 9% of The Common, and over about 42% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 4,500 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 The Common?
The dominant planning zone in The Common is Sport and recreation, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Special purpose.
Does The Common have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within The Common.
Is The Common hilly or flat?
The Common is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 16 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in The Common?
Across 13 surveyed parcels in The Common, the median lot size is about 101,137 m². There are also 11 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does The Common have a train station?
There is no train station inside The Common itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depot Hill | 1.8 km | 100% | 0% |
| Berserker | 2.1 km | 96% | 0% |
| Koongal | 2.2 km | 65% | 38% |
| Rockhampton City | 2.5 km | 100% | 0% |
| Allenstown | 3.2 km | 95% | 0% |
| Park Avenue | 3.8 km | 96% | <1% |
| The Range | 4.0 km | 29% | 12% |
| Lakes Creek | 4.0 km | 31% | 80% |
| Wandal | 4.1 km | 78% | 3% |
| Port Curtis | 4.2 km | 98% | 16% |