Flood Risk in Macleay Island, QLD: 2026 Assessment

Macleay Island, located in Queensland, 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 Queensland.

Low-lying areas around the coast are most vulnerable.

Macleay Island faces a moderate risk of flooding, primarily from heavy rainfall and storm surges. Low-lying areas are particularly vulnerable.

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.

Macleay Island sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 16.4% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 55.3% 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 Macleay Island.

Macleay Island (postcode 4184) 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 riverine flood (16.4% of land in high-risk zones), tropical cyclone (14.9% of land in high-risk zones), extreme wind (11.8% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Macleay Island — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.