Cape Conway flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Cape Conway
(Whitsunday Regional, QLD) - 309.06 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
309.06 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cape Conway's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cape Conway
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 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
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.
Cape Conway at a glance
Schools in and near Cape Conway
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.74 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.76 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 Cape Conway address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Cape Conway is zoned
Selling in Cape Conway? 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 309.06 km², Cape Conway is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 47,442,910 m² across 6 parcels.
Cape Conway 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 | Not available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 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 Cape Conway 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Cape Conway. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
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 Cape Conway lot.
Cape Conway planning - frequently asked
Is Cape Conway flood-prone?
About 8% of Cape Conway falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Cape Conway bushfire-prone?
Around 20% of Cape Conway is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitsunday Regional average of 34%.
Is Cape Conway under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Cape Conway, and over about 50% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Cape Conway?
The dominant planning zone in Cape Conway is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Low density residential.
Does Cape Conway have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cape Conway.
What is the typical lot size in Cape Conway?
Across 6 surveyed parcels in Cape Conway, the median lot size is about 47,442,910 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Beach | 7.8 km | 78% | 0% |
| Conway | 8.1 km | 42% | 0% |
| Palm Grove | 8.3 km | 16% | 3% |
| Wilson Beach | 9.1 km | 72% | 0% |
| Preston | 12.0 km | 61% | 11% |
| Brandy Creek | 13.4 km | <1% | 21% |
| Shute Harbour | 13.6 km | 76% | 19% |
| Jubilee Pocket | 14.7 km | 19% | 81% |
| Goorganga Plains | 15.1 km | 100% | 4% |
| Glen Isla | 15.7 km | 99% | 2% |