West Point flood map & planning overlays
West Point is 99.6% environmental area and 51.4% landslide-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of West Point
(Townsville City, QLD) - 24.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
24.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to West Point'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 Point properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 52 analysed West Point properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 52 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in West Point.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over West Point
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 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.
West Point at a glance
Schools in and near West Point
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: 1.17 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 9.55 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 West Point address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How West Point is zoned
Selling in West Point? 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 24.75 km², West Point is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 4,041 m² across 61 parcels.
Recent development applications in West Point
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
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 Point
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the West Point 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 1104, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Magnetic Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing West Point. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than West Point itself.
2,090 in 2001 to 2,658 in 2025, up 27%.
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 Point 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Point 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 16% of West Point. 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 Point. 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 Point lot.
West Point planning - frequently asked
Is West Point flood-prone?
About 9% of West Point falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 57%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 52 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of West Point; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is West Point bushfire-prone?
Around 93% of West Point is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
Is West Point affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of West Point sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is West Point under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 16% of West Point, and over about 33% 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 7 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 Point?
The dominant planning zone in West Point is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential.
Does West Point have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within West Point.
Is West Point hilly or flat?
West Point 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 2 m to 13 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in West Point?
Across 61 surveyed parcels in West Point, the median lot size is about 4,041 m².
Is West Point an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), West Point scores 1104 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picnic Bay | 3.6 km | 18% | 93% |
| Nelly Bay | 3.7 km | 29% | 82% |
| Horseshoe Bay | 3.8 km | 40% | 86% |
| Arcadia | 4.3 km | 8% | 90% |
| Florence Bay | 6.1 km | 10% | 91% |
| Pallarenda | 8.5 km | 56% | 67% |
| Shelly Beach | 8.5 km | 51% | 87% |
| Town Common | 11.8 km | 90% | 40% |
| Rowes Bay | 12.3 km | 100% | 36% |
| North Ward | 12.5 km | 71% | 11% |