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Alton Downs flood & bushfire risk

Of Alton Downs’s 769 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 13.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Alton Downs’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.

Check a specific Alton Downs address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
13.3%
Of properties in a bushfire area
769
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Alton Downs

Flood and bushfire areas across Alton Downs. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Alton Downs

Alton Downs sits in the Rockhampton police division, which recorded 6,647 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 6,647 total. Figures are for the whole Rockhampton police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Alton Downs

PrimaryGracemere SS · Parkhurst SS · Ridgelands SS · The Hall SS
JuniorRockhampton SHS
SeniorRockhampton SHS

Alton Downs can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Alton Downs

At the 2021 Census, 2.9% of Alton Downs’s 1,324 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian49.6%
English38%
Irish14.1%
Scottish10.3%
German7.5%
Australian Aboriginal2.2%

Top countries of birth

New Zealand1.3%
England0.6%
South Africa0.5%
Netherlands0.3%
Scotland0.3%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Alton Downs

Rockhampton council approved 330 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

330
Dwellings/yr
248
Houses
82
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Rockhampton council area (not just Alton Downs). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Alton Downs address:

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.