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Foreshores flood & bushfire risk

Of Foreshores’s 143 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 88.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

Check a specific Foreshores address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
88.1%
Of properties in a bushfire area
143
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Foreshores

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

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Crime near Foreshores

Foreshores sits in the Miriam Vale police division, which recorded 283 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 283 total. Figures are for the whole Miriam Vale police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Foreshores

PrimaryBororen SS
JuniorMiriam Vale SS · Tannum Sands SHS
SeniorTannum Sands SHS

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

Who lives in Foreshores

At the 2021 Census, 8.5% of Foreshores’s 142 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English49.3%
Australian33.1%
German18.3%
Scottish10.6%
Australian Aboriginal2.1%
Irish2.1%

Top countries of birth

England2.1%
New Zealand2.1%

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

Development near Foreshores

Gladstone council approved 238 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

238
Dwellings/yr
222
Houses
16
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Gladstone council area (not just Foreshores). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Foreshores 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.