Community suitability of Queensland, Australia
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 49
87
best land · p90
85%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 82
Governance, safety & tenure 82
Society, freedom & health 95
Land & water 82
Climate, growing & hazards 71
Autonomy & access 5
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityFood & forage diversityGrowing conditions
Within Queensland — 74 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Lockyer Valley (R)
strongest Autonomy & access (100) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 88
Scenic Rim (R)
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 87
Somerset (R)
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Toowoomba (R)
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (82)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Townsville (C)
strongest Society, freedom & health (95) ·
weakest Climate, growing & hazards (81)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Cherbourg (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 83
Southern Downs (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Highly suitable 83
Sunshine Coast (R)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Highly suitable 83
Gympie (R)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 82
Wujal Wujal (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 79
Moreton Bay (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
South Burnett (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Fraser Coast (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Redland (C)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 78
Burdekin (S)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 77
Hinchinbrook (S)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 75
Ipswich (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Bundaberg (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Goondiwindi (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Logan (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Cairns (R)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Western Downs (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
Palm Island (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Brisbane (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Cassowary Coast (R)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Gold Coast (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
North Burnett (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Gladstone (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Mackay (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Whitsunday (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Charters Towers (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Hope Vale (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Yarrabah (S)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Banana (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 63
Tablelands (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Etheridge (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Maranoa (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Woorabinda (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 61
Rockhampton (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Balonne (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 60
Isaac (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Flinders (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Central Highlands (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Murweh (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Weipa (T)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Cook (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 51
Richmond (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
Paroo (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 48
Barcaldine (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 47
Blackall Tambo (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Winton (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Napranum (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
McKinlay (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Carpentaria (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 40
Croydon (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Aurukun (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Kowanyama (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Lockhart River (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Northern Peninsula Area (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Mornington (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 38
Burke (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Doomadgee (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Longreach (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Mapoon (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Pormpuraaw (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Torres (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Torres Strait Island (R)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 37
Bulloo (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Cloncurry (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Mount Isa (C)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Quilpie (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Barcoo (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 34
Diamantina (S)
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 33
excluded excl
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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