Wulguru flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wulguru
(Townsville City, QLD) - 2.95 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
2.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wulguru's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Wulguru properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,978 Wulguru properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,978 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Wulguru.
Wulguru at a glance
Schools in and near Wulguru
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
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: 0.24 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 Wulguru is zoned
Selling in Wulguru? 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 2.95 km², Wulguru is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 32% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 741 m² across 1,951 parcels.
Recent development applications in Wulguru
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 June 2026.
Previous 12 months: 48 (75% lower in the latest period).
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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Wulguru
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wulguru 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 924, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wulguru's 4,389 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wulguru - Roseneath, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wulguru. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wulguru itself.
6,101 in 2001 to 6,403 in 2025, up 5%.
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.
Wulguru 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 Wulguru 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 Wulguru. 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 Wulguru lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wulguru planning - frequently asked
Is Wulguru flood-prone?
About 18% of Wulguru falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,978 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Wulguru bushfire-prone?
Around 32% of Wulguru is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Wulguru?
The dominant planning zone in Wulguru is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Community Facilities.
Does Wulguru have heritage-listed places?
Wulguru has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Wulguru hilly or flat?
Wulguru is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 6% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 43 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Wulguru?
Across 1,951 surveyed parcels in Wulguru, the median lot size is about 741 m². There are also 93 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Wulguru have a train station?
There is no train station inside Wulguru itself. The suburb is served by 19 bus stops.
What is the population of Wulguru?
At the 2021 Census Wulguru had 4,389 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Wulguru - Roseneath statistical area, which contains Wulguru, went from 6,101 people in 2001 to 6,403 in 2025, up 5%.
Is Wulguru an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wulguru scores 924 and sits in decile 2 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 Wulguru?
Median household income in Wulguru was $1,446 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray | 2.2 km | <1% | 81% |
| Cluden | 2.4 km | 100% | 12% |
| Idalia | 2.5 km | 100% | <1% |
| Roseneath | 3.1 km | 0% | 94% |
| Oonoonba | 3.4 km | 100% | 0% |
| Rosslea | 3.8 km | 100% | <1% |
| Annandale | 4.1 km | 72% | 15% |
| Mundingburra | 4.7 km | 100% | 18% |
| Stuart | 5.0 km | 60% | 42% |
| Hermit Park | 5.0 km | 100% | 0% |