Flood Risk in Palmers Island, NSW: 2026 Assessment

Palmers Island, located in New South Wales, has a notable flood risk profile based on available data including proximity to waterways, elevation, and historical flood events. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) maintains river height and flood warning data for catchments across New South Wales.

Palmers Island is located on the floodplain of the Clarence River, making it highly susceptible to flooding. Historical flood events have caused significant damage to property and infrastructure.

Palmers Island is at a high risk of flooding due to its low elevation and proximity to the Clarence River. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of rainfall events, exacerbating flood risk.

For a comprehensive property-specific flood assessment including address-level elevation data, flood overlay mapping, and insurance cost estimates, use the ClimateNest full analysis tool. General suburb data cannot replace a site-specific evaluation.

Palmers Island sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 5.4% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 84.5% in moderate-risk zones, based on the national hazard overlay. Exposure at this scale varies street by street, which is why an address-level check matters before you buy or insure a specific property in Palmers Island.

Palmers Island (postcode 2463) is tracked in ClimateNest's suburb hazard model, which maps the share of the suburb's land exposed to each hazard at high and moderate levels. The suburb's highest high-risk exposures are bushfire (16% of land in high-risk zones), surface flood (13.8% of land in high-risk zones), riverine flood (5.4% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Palmers Island — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.