7,291 rural lots across 45 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 7,291 rural lots across Whitsunday 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 Whitsunday 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 Whitsunday 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 Whitsunday Regional.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Bowen 4805 | 1,738 |
| Preston 4800 | 459 |
| Mount Coolon 4804 | 431 |
| Springlands 4804 | 337 |
| Gregory River 4800 | 334 |
| Guthalungra 4805 | 333 |
| Cannon Valley 4800 | 326 |
| Bogie 4805 | 314 |
| Crystal Brook 4800 | 284 |
| Kelsey Creek 4800 | 266 |
| Gumlu 4805 | 234 |
| Newlands 4804 | 215 |
| Strathdickie 4800 | 210 |
| Foxdale 4800 | 164 |
| Glen Isla 4800 | 151 |
| Mount Wyatt 4804 | 136 |
| Andromache 4800 | 125 |
| Myrtlevale 4800 | 124 |
| Lethebrook 4800 | 118 |
| Scottville 4804 | 96 |
| Collinsville 4804 | 95 |
| Thoopara 4800 | 94 |
| Mount Pluto 4800 | 88 |
| Proserpine 4800 | 87 |
| Silver Creek 4800 | 85 |
| Hamilton Plains 4800 | 84 |
| Riordanvale 4800 | 79 |
| Woodwark 4802 | 69 |
| Cannonvale 4802 | 65 |
| Breadalbane 4800 | 50 |
| Goorganga Creek 4800 | 49 |
| Palm Grove 4800 | 45 |
| Mount Marlow 4800 | 43 |
| Pauls Pocket 4800 | 39 |
| Conway 4800 | 38 |
| Mount Julian 4800 | 35 |
| Cape Gloucester 4800 | 30 |
| Gunyarra 4800 | 30 |
| Goorganga Plains 4800 | 29 |
| Dittmer 4800 | 28 |
| Lake Proserpine 4800 | 25 |
| Dingo Beach 4800 | 15 |
| Wilson Beach 4800 | 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 7,291 rural lots in Whitsunday Regional, the dominant Agricultural Land Class is Class A (crop land), and 33% of rural lots sit on mapped Strategic Cropping Land. The most common land use is Grazing native vegetation.
Rural lots in Whitsunday Regional average 1,086 mm annual rainfall and about 14 days above 35°C a year, in the tropical climate zone.
58% of rural lots in Whitsunday Regional sit inside a statutory water plan area (Whitsunday), and 37% 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.