Carruchan flood map & planning overlays
68.9% bushfire-mapped, the highest in Cassowary Coast Regional. The district's most fire-mapped corner.
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 Carruchan
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 70.6 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
70.6 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Carruchan'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 Carruchan
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
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.
Carruchan at a glance
Schools in and near Carruchan
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: 1.53 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 21.39 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 Carruchan address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Carruchan is zoned
Selling in Carruchan? 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 70.6 km², Carruchan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 73% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 69% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 19,689 m² across 216 parcels.
Who lives in Carruchan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Carruchan 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 862, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Carruchan's 247 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing Carruchan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Carruchan itself.
11,086 in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Carruchan 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 | 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 Carruchan 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 →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Carruchan. 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 Carruchan lot.
Carruchan planning - frequently asked
Is Carruchan flood-prone?
About 73% of Carruchan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Carruchan; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Carruchan bushfire-prone?
Around 69% of Carruchan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is Carruchan under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Carruchan in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,500 ft. 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 Carruchan?
The dominant planning zone in Carruchan is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Rural residential.
Does Carruchan have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Carruchan.
What is the typical lot size in Carruchan?
Across 216 surveyed parcels in Carruchan, the median lot size is about 19,689 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Carruchan?
At the 2021 Census Carruchan had 247 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Tully statistical area, which contains Carruchan, went from 11,086 people in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Carruchan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Carruchan scores 862 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Carruchan?
Median household income in Carruchan was $880 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $265 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,208 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumholtz | 5.3 km | 22% | 60% |
| Kennedy | 7.9 km | 65% | 60% |
| Ellerbeck | 8.1 km | 85% | 61% |
| Cardwell | 10.7 km | 55% | 64% |
| Bilyana | 15.0 km | 73% | 56% |
| Murray Upper | 19.3 km | 37% | 49% |
| Abergowrie Hinchinbrook Shire |
21.5 km | 58% | 62% |
| Murrigal | 21.8 km | 98% | 28% |
| Damper Creek | 23.5 km | 46% | 48% |
| Rockingham | 23.6 km | 84% | 43% |