West End flood map & planning overlays
Townsville's West End has 42 heritage places and compact 563 m² lots.
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 West End
(Townsville City, QLD) - 3.1 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to West End'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 West End properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,786 analysed West End properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,786 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in West End.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over West End
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
West End at a glance
Schools in and near West End
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 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a West End address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How West End is zoned
Selling in West End? 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 3.1 km², West End is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 75% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 17% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 42 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 563 m² across 2,696 parcels.
Recent development applications in West End
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: 20 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 80 (20% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 5
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in West End
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the West End 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 961, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of West End's 3,891 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Garbutt - West End, the wider ABS statistical area containing West End. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than West End itself.
6,439 in 2001 to 6,605 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.
West End 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 West End 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 100% of West End. 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 West End. 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).
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 West End lot.
West End planning - frequently asked
Is West End flood-prone?
About 75% of West End falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 2,786 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of West End; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is West End bushfire-prone?
Around 17% of West End is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is West End under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of West End, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 West End?
The dominant planning zone in West End is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Character Residential.
Does West End have heritage-listed places?
West End has 42 heritage-listed places on record.
Is West End hilly or flat?
West End is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 6% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 39 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in West End?
Across 2,696 surveyed parcels in West End, the median lot size is about 563 m². There are also 93 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does West End have a train station?
There is no train station inside West End itself. The suburb is served by 20 bus stops.
What is the population of West End?
At the 2021 Census West End had 3,891 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Garbutt - West End statistical area, which contains West End, went from 6,439 people in 2001 to 6,605 in 2025, up 3%.
Is West End an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), West End scores 961 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in West End?
Median household income in West End was $1,402 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 $1,430 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill | 1.1 km | <1% | 86% |
| Hyde Park | 1.6 km | 100% | 0% |
| Belgian Gardens | 1.8 km | 69% | 15% |
| Currajong | 1.9 km | 100% | 0% |
| Pimlico | 1.9 km | 100% | 13% |
| Garbutt | 2.4 km | 100% | 5% |
| Townsville City | 2.4 km | 69% | 7% |
| North Ward | 2.5 km | 71% | 11% |
| Mysterton | 2.6 km | 100% | 1% |
| Hermit Park | 2.7 km | 100% | 0% |