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Flood, storm tide and erosion prone areas

353,970 of 2,423,055 Queensland lots (15 %) sit inside the floodplain assessment overlay of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority — a broad, state-wide map of land that may be subject to flooding, used where the council has no detailed flood study. 33,824 lots are in a high storm tide hazard area and 87,603 more in a medium one; 70,724 are in a coastal erosion prone area.

Councils with a detailed flood study map flooding in their planning scheme: the state overlay does not replace it.

Floodplain overlay by council

CouncilLots in the overlayShare
Townsville City72,84482.1 %
Cairns Regional31,33043.4 %
Mackay Regional23,82037.5 %
Rockhampton Regional21,60047.0 %
Fraser Coast Regional20,85932.6 %
Western Downs Regional14,79353.5 %
Cassowary Coast Regional14,56968.9 %
Burdekin Shire11,90191.9 %
Noosa Shire11,37937.0 %
Gladstone Regional11,07129.8 %
Bundaberg Regional8,82415.7 %
Hinchinbrook Shire8,29585.8 %
Douglas Shire6,99876.7 %
Central Highlands Regional6,28534.2 %
Whitsunday Regional5,91625.1 %
Goondiwindi Regional5,86765.6 %
Lockyer Valley Regional5,67726.0 %
Toowoomba Regional5,5425.7 %
Maranoa Regional4,88336.6 %
Livingstone Shire4,77721.0 %
Gympie Regional4,35513.2 %
Banana Shire4,18236.5 %
Southern Downs Regional4,09114.7 %
Scenic Rim Regional3,43412.9 %
Somerset Regional3,19419.1 %
North Burnett Regional3,00623.4 %
Sunshine Coast Regional2,8731.9 %
Balonne Shire2,67263.8 %
Isaac Regional2,50917.7 %
Murweh Shire2,47461.9 %
Carpentaria Shire2,25999.3 %
Paroo Shire1,73873.0 %
Charters Towers Regional1,55218.0 %
Mareeba Shire1,55010.9 %
South Burnett Regional1,4866.2 %
Winton Shire1,20670.9 %
Quilpie Shire1,09172.4 %
Barcaldine Regional1,06427.9 %
Cloncurry Shire92628.1 %
Mount Isa City7038.5 %
Flinders Shire70024.7 %
Cook Shire67417.2 %
Longreach Regional67016.8 %
Etheridge Shire63447.1 %
Burke Shire55195.7 %
Bulloo Shire54972.6 %
Northern Peninsula Area Regional53956.9 %
Palm Island Aboriginal Shire53379.2 %
McKinlay Shire49336.6 %
Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire46868.7 %
Aurukun Shire43999.1 %
Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire41599.5 %
Richmond Shire39736.3 %
Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire387100.0 %
Barcoo Shire37848.3 %
Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire293100.0 %
Tablelands Regional2921.7 %
Moreton Bay City2830.1 %
Croydon Shire28124.3 %
Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire26577.9 %
Diamantina Shire25853.6 %
Boulia Shire25058.8 %
Blackall Tambo Regional2218.9 %
Torres Strait Island Regional1667.5 %
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire8022.0 %
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire6447.8 %
Torres Shire564.0 %
Mornington Shire143.4 %
Napranum Aboriginal Shire82.4 %
Weipa Town70.4 %
Mapoon Aboriginal Shire62.7 %
Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire30.9 %
Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire10.4 %

Storm tide by council