Walkerston flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Walkerston
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 13.88 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
13.88 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Walkerston's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Walkerston properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,627 Walkerston properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,627 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Walkerston.
Walkerston at a glance
Schools in and near Walkerston
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
2 schools 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: 7.51 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 Walkerston is zoned
Selling in Walkerston? 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 13.88 km², Walkerston is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 77% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 865 m² across 1,613 parcels.
Who lives in Walkerston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Walkerston 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 968, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Walkerston's 3,615 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Walkerston - Eton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Walkerston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Walkerston itself.
6,919 in 2001 to 8,749 in 2025, up 26%.
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.
Walkerston 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 |
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 Walkerston 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 Walkerston. 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 Walkerston lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Walkerston planning - frequently asked
Is Walkerston flood-prone?
About 77% of Walkerston falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 46% of the 1,627 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Walkerston bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Walkerston is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Walkerston?
The dominant planning zone in Walkerston is Rural, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Rural residential.
Does Walkerston have heritage-listed places?
Walkerston has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Walkerston hilly or flat?
Walkerston is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 19 m to 36 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Walkerston?
Across 1,613 surveyed parcels in Walkerston, the median lot size is about 865 m². There are also 267 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Walkerston have a train station?
There is no train station inside Walkerston itself. The suburb is served by 11 bus stops.
What is the population of Walkerston?
At the 2021 Census Walkerston had 3,615 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Walkerston - Eton statistical area, which contains Walkerston, went from 6,919 people in 2001 to 8,749 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Walkerston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Walkerston scores 968 and sits in decile 4 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 Walkerston?
Median household income in Walkerston was $2,142 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,937 for the typical suburb in Mackay Regional. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumbleton | 3.3 km | 55% | 18% |
| Alexandra | 3.4 km | 75% | 0% |
| Greenmount | 3.9 km | 0% | 16% |
| Pleystowe | 4.3 km | 50% | 1% |
| Palmyra | 5.3 km | 41% | 18% |
| Te Kowai | 5.8 km | 63% | <1% |
| Erakala | 6.8 km | 44% | 7% |
| Racecourse | 7.3 km | 68% | 2% |
| Balnagowan | 7.4 km | 13% | 29% |
| Farleigh | 7.5 km | <1% | 6% |