Yaamba flood map & planning overlays
Yaamba is 100% flood-mapped, the highest in Queensland. Every square metre of it.
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 Yaamba
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 66.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
66.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Yaamba'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
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Yaamba
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.
Yaamba at a glance
Schools in and near Yaamba
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: 2.54 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 11.20 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 Yaamba address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Yaamba is zoned
Selling in Yaamba? 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 66.05 km², Yaamba is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 52% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 4,028 m² across 353 parcels.
Who lives in Yaamba
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Yaamba 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 944, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Yaamba's 51 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rockhampton Surrounds - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Yaamba. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Yaamba itself.
3,883 in 2001 to 5,054 in 2025, up 30%.
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.
Yaamba 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 |
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 Yaamba 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 →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 Yaamba. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Yaamba lot.
Yaamba planning - frequently asked
Is Yaamba flood-prone?
About 100% of Yaamba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Published flood models are held over parts of Yaamba; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Yaamba bushfire-prone?
Around 52% of Yaamba is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
Is Yaamba under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 33% of Yaamba in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 1,000 ft. 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 Yaamba?
The dominant planning zone in Yaamba is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special purpose and Open space.
Does Yaamba have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Yaamba.
What is the typical lot size in Yaamba?
Across 353 surveyed parcels in Yaamba, the median lot size is about 4,028 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Yaamba?
At the 2021 Census Yaamba had 51 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Rockhampton Surrounds - North statistical area, which contains Yaamba, went from 3,883 people in 2001 to 5,054 in 2025, up 30%.
Is Yaamba an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Yaamba scores 944 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Yaamba?
Median household income in Yaamba was $900 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,392 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milman | 7.2 km | 66% | 45% |
| South Yaamba Rockhampton Regional |
8.3 km | 94% | 30% |
| Jardine | 10.1 km | 97% | 65% |
| Etna Creek | 10.8 km | 79% | 45% |
| Garnant Rockhampton Regional |
11.0 km | 76% | 25% |
| The Caves | 11.9 km | 35% | 73% |
| Wattlebank | 12.3 km | 65% | 25% |
| Glendale | 15.6 km | 47% | 19% |
| Rossmoya | 17.4 km | 87% | 57% |
| Ridgelands Rockhampton Regional |
18.4 km | 45% | 24% |