Aeroglen flood map & planning overlays
61.8% inside aircraft noise contours, 2nd-highest in Cairns Regional. Planes are the soundtrack.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Aeroglen
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 13.82 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
13.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Aeroglen's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Aeroglen properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 259 analysed Aeroglen properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 259 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Aeroglen.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Aeroglen
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
62% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Cairns Regional Council ANEF
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Aeroglen at a glance
Schools in and near Aeroglen
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.72 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.85 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Aeroglen address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Aeroglen is zoned
Selling in Aeroglen? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.
Across its 13.82 km², Aeroglen is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 74% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Cairns Airport Land. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 833 m² across 251 parcels.
Who lives in Aeroglen
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Aeroglen suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1011, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Aeroglen's 405 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Freshwater - Stratford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Aeroglen. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Aeroglen itself.
3,365 in 2001 to 3,856 in 2025, up 15%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Aeroglen data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Inside a held contour | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Aeroglen address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Aeroglen. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Aeroglen. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Aeroglen lot.
Aeroglen planning - frequently asked
Is Aeroglen flood-prone?
About 74% of Aeroglen falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 67% of the 259 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 173 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Aeroglen; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Aeroglen bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Aeroglen is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Aeroglen affected by aircraft noise?
About 62% of Aeroglen sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 35 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Aeroglen under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Aeroglen, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Aeroglen?
The dominant planning zone in Aeroglen is Cairns Airport Land, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Special Purpose.
Does Aeroglen have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Aeroglen.
Is Aeroglen hilly or flat?
Aeroglen is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 30% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 1 m to 41 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Aeroglen?
Across 251 surveyed parcels in Aeroglen, the median lot size is about 833 m². There are also 32 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Aeroglen have a train station?
There is no train station inside Aeroglen itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Aeroglen?
At the 2021 Census Aeroglen had 405 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Freshwater - Stratford statistical area, which contains Aeroglen, went from 3,365 people in 2001 to 3,856 in 2025, up 15%.
Is Aeroglen an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Aeroglen scores 1011 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Aeroglen?
Median household income in Aeroglen was $1,798 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $395 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,652 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machans Beach | 2.9 km | 68% | 20% |
| Cairns North | 3.2 km | 52% | <1% |
| Edge Hill | 3.4 km | 65% | 23% |
| Stratford | 3.8 km | 42% | 69% |
| Whitfield | 4.3 km | 23% | 31% |
| Cairns City | 4.8 km | 65% | 0% |
| Manunda | 4.9 km | 99% | 40% |
| Holloways Beach | 5.1 km | 81% | 15% |
| Parramatta Park | 5.2 km | 100% | 10% |
| Freshwater | 5.4 km | 32% | 39% |