Bayview Heights flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bayview Heights
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 4.32 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 10 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
4.32 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bayview Heights's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bayview Heights properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,767 Bayview Heights properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,767 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bayview Heights.
Bayview Heights at a glance
Schools in and near Bayview Heights
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular 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: 0.48 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.56 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Bayview Heights is zoned
Selling in Bayview Heights? 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 4.32 km², Bayview Heights is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 33% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 810 m² across 1,754 parcels.
Who lives in Bayview Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bayview Heights 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 1013, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bayview Heights's 4,175 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Earlville - Bayview Heights, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bayview Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bayview Heights itself.
7,985 in 2001 to 8,723 in 2025, up 9%.
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.
Bayview Heights 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 10 September 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 Bayview Heights 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Bayview Heights. 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 (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Bayview Heights lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Bayview Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Bayview Heights flood-prone?
About 33% of Bayview Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 1,767 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 7 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Bayview Heights bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of Bayview Heights is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Bayview Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Bayview Heights is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Open Space.
Does Bayview Heights have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bayview Heights.
Is Bayview Heights hilly or flat?
Bayview Heights is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 25% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 29 m to 127 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bayview Heights?
Across 1,754 surveyed parcels in Bayview Heights, the median lot size is about 810 m². There are also 307 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Bayview Heights have a train station?
There is no train station inside Bayview Heights itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
What is the population of Bayview Heights?
At the 2021 Census Bayview Heights had 4,175 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Earlville - Bayview Heights statistical area, which contains Bayview Heights, went from 7,985 people in 2001 to 8,723 in 2025, up 9%.
Is Bayview Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bayview Heights scores 1013 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 Bayview Heights?
Median household income in Bayview Heights was $1,906 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earlville | 1.9 km | 46% | 29% |
| Woree | 2.1 km | 74% | 28% |
| Mount Sheridan | 3.0 km | 41% | 31% |
| Mooroobool | 3.2 km | 48% | 18% |
| White Rock | 4.1 km | 93% | 9% |
| Bungalow | 4.5 km | 100% | 2% |
| Kanimbla | 4.7 km | 33% | 58% |
| Westcourt | 4.7 km | 100% | <1% |
| Bentley Park | 4.9 km | 50% | 37% |
| Manoora | 5.2 km | 94% | 20% |