Cardstone flood map & planning overlays
Median lots of 69 ha, 10th-largest of 123 in Cassowary Coast Regional. Plenty of room to roam.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Cardstone
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 82.47 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
82.47 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cardstone's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cardstone at a glance
Schools in and near Cardstone
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: 15.32 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 16.45 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 Cardstone address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Cardstone is zoned
Selling in Cardstone? 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 82.47 km², Cardstone is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 61% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 33% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 686,163 m² across 53 parcels.
Cardstone 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 | Watched, not yet sampled here | 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 5 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 Cardstone 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Cardstone. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
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 Cardstone lot.
Cardstone planning - frequently asked
Is Cardstone flood-prone?
About 61% of Cardstone falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Cardstone; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Cardstone bushfire-prone?
Around 33% of Cardstone is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
What is the zoning in Cardstone?
The dominant planning zone in Cardstone is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Special purpose.
Does Cardstone have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cardstone.
What is the typical lot size in Cardstone?
Across 53 surveyed parcels in Cardstone, the median lot size is about 686,163 m². There are also 6 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kooroomool | 9.9 km | 20% | 17% |
| Walter Hill | 11.4 km | 26% | 5% |
| Dingo Pocket | 14.8 km | 77% | 42% |
| Munro Plains | 15.1 km | 83% | 28% |
| Gulngai | 18.4 km | 30% | 2% |
| Jarra Creek | 18.6 km | 91% | 15% |
| Koombooloomba Tablelands Regional |
18.7 km | 30% | 48% |
| Mamu | 22.7 km | 30% | <1% |
| Warrami | 23.4 km | 78% | 32% |
| Bulgun | 23.8 km | 73% | 0% |