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Ridgelands flood & bushfire risk

Of Ridgelands’s 163 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 21.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Ridgelands’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 Ridgelands address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
21.5%
Of properties in a bushfire area
163
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Ridgelands

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

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Crime near Ridgelands

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

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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 Ridgelands

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JuniorRockhampton SHS
SeniorRockhampton SHS

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

Who lives in Ridgelands

At the 2021 Census, 1% of Ridgelands’s 195 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian52.3%
English39%
Irish10.3%
Scottish7.2%
German2.1%

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

Development near Ridgelands

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 Ridgelands). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Ridgelands 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.