Cambroon flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cambroon
(Sunshine Coast Regional, QLD) - 37.52 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
37.52 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cambroon's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cambroon properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 35 Cambroon properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 35 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cambroon.
Cambroon at a glance
Schools in and near Cambroon
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: 3.87 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 17.07 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 Cambroon is zoned
Selling in Cambroon? 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 37.52 km², Cambroon is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 48% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 52,039 m² across 142 parcels.
Recent development applications in Cambroon
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Sunshine Coast Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Cambroon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cambroon 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 973, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cambroon's 211 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Caloundra Hinterland, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cambroon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cambroon itself.
7,344 in 2001 to 9,352 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Cambroon 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Sunshine Coast Council |
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 Cambroon 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 Cambroon. 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 Cambroon lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cambroon planning - frequently asked
Is Cambroon flood-prone?
About 34% of Cambroon falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 30%. Across the suburb, 83% of the 35 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 15 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Cambroon bushfire-prone?
Around 48% of Cambroon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Sunshine Coast Regional average of 38%.
What is the zoning in Cambroon?
The dominant planning zone in Cambroon is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Open Space.
Does Cambroon have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cambroon.
Is Cambroon hilly or flat?
Cambroon is hilly: the median ground slope is about 14%, and 49% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 104 m to 258 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cambroon?
Across 142 surveyed parcels in Cambroon, the median lot size is about 52,039 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cambroon?
At the 2021 Census Cambroon had 211 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Caloundra Hinterland statistical area, which contains Cambroon, went from 7,344 people in 2001 to 9,352 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Cambroon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cambroon scores 973 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cambroon?
Median household income in Cambroon was $1,268 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,677 for the typical suburb in Sunshine Coast Regional. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth | 6.1 km | 25% | 59% |
| Curramore | 6.3 km | 15% | 64% |
| Kidaman Creek | 9.3 km | 30% | 31% |
| Conondale | 10.1 km | 29% | 48% |
| Coolabine | 11.5 km | 32% | 38% |
| Elaman Creek | 12.6 km | 25% | 54% |
| Obi Obi | 14.1 km | 27% | 60% |
| Brooloo Gympie Regional |
15.7 km | 31% | 64% |
| Moy Pocket Gympie Regional |
16.2 km | 46% | 66% |
| Witta | 16.5 km | 18% | 33% |