Keriri Island bushfire risk

Of Keriri Island’s 170 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 21.8% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
21.8%
Of properties in a bushfire area
170
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Keriri Island

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

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Crime near Keriri Island

Keriri Island sits in the Thursday Island police division, which recorded 764 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 764 total. Figures are for the whole Thursday Island police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Who lives in Keriri Island

At the 2021 Census, 0% of Keriri Island’s 261 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian Aboriginal45.6%
English1.5%
Filipino1.5%

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

Development near Keriri Island

Torres Strait Island council approved 8 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

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Dwellings/yr
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Houses
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Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Torres Strait Island council area (not just Keriri Island). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Other suburbs in Torres Strait Island

Compare Keriri Island 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.