Coorumba flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Coorumba
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 17.66 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
17.66 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coorumba's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Coorumba at a glance
Schools in and near Coorumba
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: 6.91 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 10.49 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 Coorumba is zoned
Selling in Coorumba? 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 17.66 km², Coorumba is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 41,004 m² across 102 parcels.
Who lives in Coorumba
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coorumba 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 977, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Coorumba's 137 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Johnstone, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coorumba. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coorumba itself.
8,075 in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
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.
Coorumba 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 Coorumba 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 over parts of Coorumba. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Coorumba lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Coorumba planning - frequently asked
Is Coorumba flood-prone?
About 44% of Coorumba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%.
Is Coorumba bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Coorumba and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Cassowary Coast Regional average is 16%).
What is the zoning in Coorumba?
The dominant planning zone in Coorumba is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation.
Does Coorumba have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Coorumba.
What is the typical lot size in Coorumba?
Across 102 surveyed parcels in Coorumba, the median lot size is about 41,004 m². There are also 15 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Coorumba?
At the 2021 Census Coorumba had 137 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Johnstone statistical area, which contains Coorumba, went from 8,075 people in 2001 to 8,281 in 2025, up 3%.
Is Coorumba an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coorumba scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Coorumba?
Median household income in Coorumba was $1,583 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $185 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,478 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pin Gin Hill | 3.8 km | 38% | 0% |
| No. 6 Branch | 4.8 km | 46% | 4% |
| Nerada | 5.1 km | 46% | 1% |
| Cooroo Lands | 5.6 km | 72% | 0% |
| Camp Creek | 6.5 km | 51% | 1% |
| Upper Daradgee | 6.5 km | 63% | 3% |
| Utchee Creek | 6.6 km | 40% | <1% |
| Currajah | 7.2 km | 42% | 0% |
| Stoters Hill | 7.3 km | 55% | 10% |
| Ngatjan | 7.4 km | 36% | 0% |