Childers flood & bushfire risk
Of Childers’s 1,399 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 3.9% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Childers’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.
Where the hazards are in Childers
Flood and bushfire areas across Childers. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Childers
Childers sits in the Childers police division, which recorded 843 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 843 total. Figures are for the whole Childers police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
School catchments in Childers
Childers can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Childers
At the 2021 Census, 16.3% of Childers’s 1,682 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Childers
Bundaberg council approved 1,133 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Bundaberg council area (not just Childers). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
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.