Townview zoning & planning overlays
Townview counts 2,067 residents, 3rd-most in Mount Isa City.
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A planning-constraint profile of Townview
(Mount Isa City, QLD) - 1.12 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
1.12 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Townview's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Townview properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 945 analysed Townview properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 945 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Townview.
Townview at a glance
Schools in and near Townview
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: 0.33 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 Townview address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Townview is zoned
Selling in Townview? 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 1.12 km², Townview is moderately constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 13% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 809 m² across 782 parcels.
Who lives in Townview
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Townview 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 932, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Townview's 2,067 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Isa, the wider ABS statistical area containing Townview. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Townview itself.
20,262 in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.
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.
Townview data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 | Not watched | 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 5 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Townview planning - frequently asked
Is Townview flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Townview, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Mount Isa City is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Across the suburb, 0% of the 945 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Townview bushfire-prone?
Around 13% of Townview is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Isa City average of 36%.
What is the zoning in Townview?
The dominant planning zone in Townview is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Mixed Use and Community Facilities.
Does Townview have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Townview.
Is Townview hilly or flat?
Townview is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 358 m to 379 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Townview?
Across 782 surveyed parcels in Townview, the median lot size is about 809 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Townview?
At the 2021 Census Townview had 2,067 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Mount Isa statistical area, which contains Townview, went from 20,262 people in 2001 to 18,162 in 2025, down 10%.
Is Townview an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Townview scores 932 and sits in decile 3 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 Townview?
Median household income in Townview was $2,144 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,177 for the typical suburb in Mount Isa City. Median rent was $253 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gap | 1.0 km | <1% | 0% |
| Mornington | 1.0 km | 6% | 0% |
| Pioneer | 1.3 km | 4% | 6% |
| Mount Isa City | 1.5 km | 5% | 0% |
| Healy | 1.8 km | 9% | 22% |
| Menzies | 1.8 km | 3% | 0% |
| Parkside | 1.9 km | 31% | 2% |
| Sunset | 2.2 km | 8% | 50% |
| Miles End | 2.2 km | 44% | 16% |
| Happy Valley | 2.4 km | 38% | 41% |