Carstairs flood & bushfire risk
Of Carstairs’s 117 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 4.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Carstairs’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 Carstairs address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Carstairs
Flood and bushfire areas across Carstairs. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Carstairs
Carstairs sits in the Home Hill police division, which recorded 396 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 396 total. Figures are for the whole Home Hill police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
School catchments in Carstairs
Carstairs can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Carstairs
At the 2021 Census, 3.3% of Carstairs’s 91 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Carstairs
Burdekin council approved 24 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Burdekin council area (not just Carstairs). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 101 Old Groper Creek Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 127 Little Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 144 Rossato Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 197 Ramsden Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 253 Groper Creek Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 307 Maryplain Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 416 Woods Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
- 73 Berryman Road, Carstairs QLD 4806
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Burdekin
Compare Carstairs with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.