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Bentley Park flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bentley Park (Cairns Regional, QLD) - 7.72 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.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bentley Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Bentley Park properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,744 Bentley Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Bentley Park at a glance

Parcels 3,635 Median lot 720 m² Mapped easements 497 Bus stops 18 Schools in suburb 4 Landslide overlay 34%

Schools in and near Bentley Park

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

4

2 schools providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: inside the suburb

Secondary: inside the suburb

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 Bentley Park is zoned

Low Density Residential 45%
Conservation 35%
Open Space 8%
Community Facilities 4%
Low-medium Density Residential 3%
Mixed Use 1%

Selling in Bentley Park? 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 7.72 km², Bentley Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 50% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 720 m² across 3,635 parcels.

Who lives in Bentley Park

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bentley Park suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
8,360
usual residents, 2021
Median age
32
years
Median household income
$1,831
per week, Cairns Regional suburb typical $1,618
Median rent
$385
per week, Cairns Regional suburb typical $315
Median mortgage
$1,517
per month
Household size
3.0
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 945, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bentley Park's 8,360 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.6%
5-14 18.2%
15-19 7.6%
20-24 6.0%
25-34 14.8%
35-44 14.7%
45-54 12.8%
55-64 9.3%
65-74 5.8%
75-84 2.8%
85+ 0.3%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Bentley Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bentley Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bentley Park itself.

4,728 in 2001 to 9,214 in 2025, up 95%.

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.

Bentley Park data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Bentley Park 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 Bentley Park. 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 Bentley Park lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Bentley Park planning - frequently asked

Is Bentley Park flood-prone?

About 50% of Bentley Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 5% of the 3,744 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 178 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Bentley Park bushfire-prone?

Around 37% of Bentley Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.

What is the zoning in Bentley Park?

The dominant planning zone in Bentley Park is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Open Space.

Does Bentley Park have heritage-listed places?

Bentley Park has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Bentley Park hilly or flat?

Bentley Park is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 9% 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 Bentley Park?

Across 3,635 surveyed parcels in Bentley Park, the median lot size is about 720 m². There are also 497 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bentley Park have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bentley Park itself. The suburb is served by 18 bus stops.

What is the population of Bentley Park?

At the 2021 Census Bentley Park had 8,360 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Bentley Park statistical area, which contains Bentley Park, went from 4,728 people in 2001 to 9,214 in 2025, up 95%.

Is Bentley Park an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bentley Park scores 945 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Bentley Park?

Median household income in Bentley Park was $1,831 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $385 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Edmonton 1.9 km 78% 22%
Mount Sheridan 2.1 km 41% 31%
White Rock 4.9 km 93% 9%
Bayview Heights 4.9 km 33% 37%
Wrights Creek 5.5 km 100% 9%
Woree 5.6 km 74% 28%
Mount Peter 6.2 km 100% 47%
Earlville 6.8 km 46% 29%
Lamb Range 7.3 km 18% 28%
Portsmith 7.8 km 100% 1%

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