6,761 rural lots across 40 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.
Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page.
How the 6,761 rural lots across Isaac Regional are classified for agricultural potential.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology station records.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from satellite imagery.
Statutory water-plan coverage across rural lots in Isaac Regional.
Statutory water-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: Queensland water plan areas and the state groundwater (bores) database.
Share of rural lots in Isaac Regional intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Satellite-mapped burnt-area history across rural lots — includes planned burns as well as bushfires.
Source: Queensland Government satellite fire-scar mapping.
From the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Isaac Regional.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Clermont 4721 | 1,673 |
| St Lawrence 4707 | 509 |
| Nebo 4742 | 369 |
| Carmila 4739 | 331 |
| Moranbah 4744 | 329 |
| Dysart 4745 | 273 |
| Mackenzie River 4705 | 244 |
| Kilcummin 4721 | 218 |
| Lotus Creek 4705 | 196 |
| Wolfang 4721 | 181 |
| Frankfield 4721 | 159 |
| Blue Mountain 4737 | 158 |
| Belyando 4721 | 151 |
| Ilbilbie 4738 | 143 |
| Coppabella 4741 | 140 |
| Strathfield 4742 | 138 |
| Oxford 4742 | 115 |
| Burton 4742 | 102 |
| Valkyrie 4742 | 101 |
| May Downs 4746 | 88 |
| Epsom 4741 | 82 |
| Collaroy 4707 | 81 |
| Gemini Mountains 4721 | 80 |
| Hail Creek 4742 | 79 |
| Pasha 4721 | 77 |
| Laglan 4721 | 71 |
| Glenden 4743 | 66 |
| Turrawulla 4742 | 66 |
| Eaglefield 4742 | 63 |
| Clarke Creek 4705 | 57 |
| Peak Vale 4721 | 57 |
| Kemmis 4742 | 55 |
| Winchester 4721 | 53 |
| Elgin 4721 | 50 |
| Clairview 4741 | 50 |
| Suttor 4743 | 40 |
| Quetta 4724 | 31 |
| Middlemount 4746 | 22 |
| The Percy Group 4707 | 3 |
Declared disaster events give a sense of how often this council area is affected by flood, fire, storm or drought.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 6,761 rural lots in Isaac Regional, the dominant Agricultural Land Class is Class C (pasture land), and 12% of rural lots sit on mapped Strategic Cropping Land. The most common land use is Grazing native vegetation.
Rural lots in Isaac Regional average 694 mm annual rainfall and about 41 days above 35°C a year, in the arid climate zone.
85% of rural lots in Isaac Regional sit inside a statutory water plan area (Fitzroy Basin), and 65% inside a groundwater management area.
Agricultural Land Class and Strategic Cropping Land come from the Queensland Agricultural Land Audit. Carbon stock is derived from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Biomass product, and vegetation cover from Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover. Land use is from the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program. Hazard, water-plan, fire-history and native-title layers come from the responsible Queensland Government agencies, and lot identity from the Queensland Digital Cadastral Database.
Rural lots are those in a planning-scheme rural zone, plus — in the parts of Queensland where no council scheme is digitised — lots mapped as agricultural or production-forestry land use.