Cape Hillsborough flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cape Hillsborough
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 11.64 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
11.64 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cape Hillsborough's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cape Hillsborough properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 25 Cape Hillsborough properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 25 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cape Hillsborough.
Cape Hillsborough at a glance
Schools in and near Cape Hillsborough
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: 4.42 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 18.56 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 Cape Hillsborough is zoned
Selling in Cape Hillsborough? 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 11.64 km², Cape Hillsborough is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 68,060 m² across 33 parcels.
Who lives in Cape Hillsborough
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cape Hillsborough 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 978, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Seaforth - Calen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cape Hillsborough. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cape Hillsborough itself.
7,079 in 2001 to 8,785 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Cape Hillsborough 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 12 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 Cape Hillsborough 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.
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 Cape Hillsborough lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cape Hillsborough planning - frequently asked
Is Cape Hillsborough flood-prone?
About 22% of Cape Hillsborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 40% of the 25 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 10 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Cape Hillsborough bushfire-prone?
Around 56% of Cape Hillsborough is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mackay Regional average of 26%.
What is the zoning in Cape Hillsborough?
The dominant planning zone in Cape Hillsborough is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Open space and Rural.
Does Cape Hillsborough have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cape Hillsborough.
Is Cape Hillsborough hilly or flat?
Cape Hillsborough is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 16% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 50 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cape Hillsborough?
Across 33 surveyed parcels in Cape Hillsborough, the median lot size is about 68,060 m².
Is Cape Hillsborough an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cape Hillsborough scores 978 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmunda | 4.7 km | 86% | 30% |
| Ball Bay | 6.6 km | 7% | 49% |
| Haliday Bay | 7.7 km | 22% | 55% |
| Mount Jukes | 11.6 km | 24% | 42% |
| Habana | 11.6 km | 34% | 23% |
| Seaforth | 12.4 km | 21% | 44% |
| Shoal Point | 13.4 km | 68% | 8% |
| The Leap | 14.5 km | 11% | 37% |
| Bucasia | 15.6 km | 75% | 8% |
| Nindaroo | 17.2 km | 1% | 18% |