Bartle Frere flood map & planning overlays
70.8% flood-mapped, on median lots of 15,426 m², with a median age of 41.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bartle Frere
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 16.67 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
16.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bartle Frere's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bartle Frere properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 168 analysed Bartle Frere properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 168 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bartle Frere.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bartle Frere
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled to
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Bartle Frere at a glance
Schools in and near Bartle Frere
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 7.87 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 Bartle Frere address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Bartle Frere is zoned
Selling in Bartle Frere? 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 16.67 km², Bartle Frere is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 71% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 15,426 m² across 147 parcels.
Who lives in Bartle Frere
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bartle Frere 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 998, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bartle Frere's 169 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Babinda, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bartle Frere. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bartle Frere itself.
4,292 in 2001 to 4,765 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Bartle Frere 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) | Not held | 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 5 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 Bartle Frere 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Bartle Frere. 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 Bartle Frere lot.
Bartle Frere planning - frequently asked
Is Bartle Frere flood-prone?
About 71% of Bartle Frere falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 46% of the 168 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 78 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Bartle Frere; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Bartle Frere bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Bartle Frere and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Cairns Regional average is 23%).
Is Bartle Frere under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Bartle Frere in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Bartle Frere?
The dominant planning zone in Bartle Frere is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Rural Residential.
Does Bartle Frere have heritage-listed places?
Bartle Frere has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Bartle Frere hilly or flat?
Bartle Frere is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 13% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 14 m to 84 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bartle Frere?
Across 147 surveyed parcels in Bartle Frere, the median lot size is about 15,426 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Bartle Frere?
At the 2021 Census Bartle Frere had 169 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Babinda statistical area, which contains Bartle Frere, went from 4,292 people in 2001 to 4,765 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Bartle Frere an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bartle Frere scores 998 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bartle Frere?
Median household income in Bartle Frere was $1,593 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woopen Creek | 3.0 km | 54% | 2% |
| Ngatjan | 5.2 km | 28% | <1% |
| Waugh Pocket | 7.1 km | 49% | 1% |
| Mirriwinni | 7.8 km | 78% | 7% |
| Ngatjan Cassowary Coast Regional |
8.0 km | 36% | 0% |
| Cooroo Lands Cassowary Coast Regional |
9.4 km | 72% | 0% |
| Vasa Views Cassowary Coast Regional |
9.5 km | 43% | 0% |
| Eubenangee Cassowary Coast Regional |
9.7 km | 59% | 12% |
| Wooroonooran Tablelands Regional |
10.9 km | 28% | 10% |
| Fitzgerald Creek Cassowary Coast Regional |
12.0 km | 62% | <1% |