Cawarral flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cawarral
(Livingstone Shire, QLD) - 51.77 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
51.77 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cawarral's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Cawarral at a glance
Schools in and near Cawarral
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 2.15 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 Cawarral is zoned
Selling in Cawarral? 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 51.77 km², Cawarral is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 91% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 20,257 m² across 401 parcels.
Who lives in Cawarral
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cawarral 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 954, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cawarral's 831 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rockhampton Surrounds - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cawarral. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cawarral itself.
2,728 in 2001 to 3,754 in 2025, up 38%.
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.
Cawarral 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 16 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 Cawarral 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Cawarral lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cawarral planning - frequently asked
Is Cawarral flood-prone?
About 29% of Cawarral falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 42%.
Is Cawarral bushfire-prone?
Around 91% of Cawarral is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Livingstone Shire average of 53%.
What is the zoning in Cawarral?
The dominant planning zone in Cawarral is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Township.
Does Cawarral have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cawarral.
What is the typical lot size in Cawarral?
Across 401 surveyed parcels in Cawarral, the median lot size is about 20,257 m². There are also 26 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cawarral have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cawarral itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Cawarral?
At the 2021 Census Cawarral had 831 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Rockhampton Surrounds - East statistical area, which contains Cawarral, went from 2,728 people in 2001 to 3,754 in 2025, up 38%.
Is Cawarral an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cawarral scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cawarral?
Median household income in Cawarral was $1,758 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,791 for the typical suburb in Livingstone Shire. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironpot | 6.9 km | 37% | 84% |
| Mulara | 7.0 km | 68% | 48% |
| Tanby | 7.4 km | 17% | 84% |
| Mount Chalmers | 7.8 km | 22% | 95% |
| Bondoola | 8.4 km | 29% | 95% |
| Coowonga | 9.1 km | 20% | 94% |
| Tungamull | 9.4 km | 21% | 72% |
| Coorooman | 9.5 km | 75% | 34% |
| Hidden Valley | 10.3 km | 10% | 78% |
| Limestone Creek Rockhampton Regional |
11.9 km | 24% | 100% |