The Narrows flood map & planning overlays
83.4% under environmental overlays, mostly a declared fish habitat area. The fish have planning status.
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 Narrows
(Gladstone Regional, QLD) - 323.14 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
323.14 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to The Narrows'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 The Narrows
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: observed, lowest 1,500 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 Narrows at a glance
Schools in and near The Narrows
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: 10.48 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 12.12 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 The Narrows address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How The Narrows is zoned
Selling in The Narrows? 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 323.14 km², The Narrows is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 84% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,387,847 m² across 19 parcels.
The Narrows 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 | Not 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 Narrows 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 6% of The Narrows. 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 Narrows. 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 The Narrows lot.
The Narrows planning - frequently asked
Is The Narrows flood-prone?
About 84% of The Narrows falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Published flood models are held over parts of The Narrows; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is The Narrows bushfire-prone?
Around 29% of The Narrows is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Gladstone Regional average of 64%.
Is The Narrows under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of The Narrows, and over about 23% 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 4,500 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 The Narrows?
The dominant planning zone in The Narrows is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation.
Does The Narrows have heritage-listed places?
The Narrows has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in The Narrows?
Across 19 surveyed parcels in The Narrows, the median lot size is about 1,387,847 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darts Creek | 13.8 km | 33% | 76% |
| Port Alma Rockhampton Regional |
17.7 km | 100% | 1% |
| Thompson Point Livingstone Shire |
18.3 km | 69% | 30% |
| Mount Larcom | 19.4 km | 42% | 81% |
| Curtis Island | 20.0 km | 37% | 72% |
| Targinnie | 22.5 km | 59% | 70% |
| Marmor Rockhampton Regional |
23.8 km | 58% | 30% |
| Ambrose | 24.5 km | 40% | 68% |
| Machine Creek | 25.9 km | 38% | 39% |
| Joskeleigh Livingstone Shire |
28.6 km | 53% | 30% |