Cashmere flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cashmere
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 34.57 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
34.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cashmere's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cashmere properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,843 Cashmere properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,843 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cashmere.
Cashmere flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,843 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Cashmere; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
648 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 648
Source: Moreton Bay Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Cashmere at a glance
Schools in and near Cashmere
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: 1.38 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.38 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 Cashmere is zoned
Selling in Cashmere? 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 34.57 km², Cashmere is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 83% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Community facilities. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 2,048 m² across 1,662 parcels.
Recent development applications in Cashmere
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Moreton Bay Regional Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 7 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 12 (117% higher in the latest period).
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 Cashmere
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cashmere 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 1105, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cashmere's 4,970 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cashmere, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cashmere. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cashmere itself.
6,617 in 2001 to 21,462 in 2025, up 224%.
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.
Cashmere property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Cashmere, the wider statistical area containing Cashmere. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 311 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 21 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Cashmere 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 |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Moreton Bay Regional 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 Cashmere 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 here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 130 Cashmere addresses (+$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 Cashmere lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cashmere planning - frequently asked
Is Cashmere flood-prone?
About 30% of Cashmere falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 21% of the 1,843 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 361 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Cashmere bushfire-prone?
Around 83% of Cashmere is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Cashmere?
The dominant planning zone in Cashmere is Community facilities, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Rural residential.
Does Cashmere have heritage-listed places?
Cashmere has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Cashmere hilly or flat?
Cashmere is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 35% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 26 m to 100 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cashmere?
Across 1,662 surveyed parcels in Cashmere, the median lot size is about 2,048 m². There are also 715 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cashmere have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cashmere itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Cashmere?
At the 2021 Census Cashmere had 4,970 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Cashmere statistical area, which contains Cashmere, went from 6,617 people in 2001 to 21,462 in 2025, up 224%.
Is Cashmere an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cashmere scores 1105 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cashmere?
Median household income in Cashmere was $2,950 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $500 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Mountain | 3.1 km | 14% | 96% |
| Joyner | 4.2 km | 54% | 52% |
| Warner | 5.2 km | 23% | 48% |
| Whiteside | 5.2 km | 48% | 74% |
| Samsonvale | 5.4 km | 40% | 82% |
| Closeburn | 5.5 km | 20% | 92% |
| Mount Samson | 5.6 km | 29% | 76% |
| Eatons Hill | 6.4 km | 27% | 40% |
| Yugar | 6.5 km | 18% | 79% |
| Bray Park | 6.6 km | 52% | 5% |