Bramston Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bramston Beach
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 55.61 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
55.61 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bramston Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bramston Beach properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 198 Bramston Beach properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 198 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bramston Beach.
Bramston Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Bramston Beach
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: 5.74 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.81 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 Bramston Beach is zoned
Selling in Bramston Beach? 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 55.61 km², Bramston Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 53% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 44% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 728 m² across 206 parcels.
Who lives in Bramston Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bramston Beach 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 918, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bramston Beach's 173 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Babinda, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bramston Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bramston Beach 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.
Bramston Beach 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 19 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 Bramston Beach 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 Bramston Beach. 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 Bramston Beach lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Bramston Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Bramston Beach flood-prone?
About 53% of Bramston Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 5% of the 198 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 10 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Bramston Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 44% of Bramston Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Bramston Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Bramston Beach is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Environmental Management.
Does Bramston Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bramston Beach.
Is Bramston Beach hilly or flat?
Bramston Beach is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 199 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bramston Beach?
Across 206 surveyed parcels in Bramston Beach, the median lot size is about 728 m². There are also 15 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Bramston Beach?
At the 2021 Census Bramston Beach had 173 usual residents, with a median age of 64 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Babinda statistical area, which contains Bramston Beach, went from 4,292 people in 2001 to 4,765 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Bramston Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bramston Beach scores 918 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bramston Beach?
Median household income in Bramston Beach was $955 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,077 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eubenangee | 7.3 km | 58% | 28% |
| Babinda | 8.1 km | 81% | <1% |
| East Russell | 8.3 km | 13% | 4% |
| Mirriwinni | 9.9 km | 78% | 7% |
| Garradunga Cassowary Coast Regional |
11.9 km | 51% | <1% |
| Wanjuru Cassowary Coast Regional |
12.1 km | 42% | 25% |
| Eubenangee Cassowary Coast Regional |
12.2 km | 59% | 12% |
| Bellenden Ker | 12.2 km | 78% | 5% |
| Waugh Pocket | 13.6 km | 49% | 1% |
| Vasa Views Cassowary Coast Regional |
14.1 km | 43% | 0% |