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A planning-constraint profile of Coral Sea
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 4520.53 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
4520.53 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coral Sea'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 Coral Sea
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 25 and 30 is generally unacceptable for new houses; 20 to 25 is conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Cairns Regional Council ANEF
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Coral Sea at a glance
Schools in and near Coral Sea
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: 0.10 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.53 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 Coral Sea address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Coral Sea is zoned
Selling in Coral Sea? 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 4520.53 km², Coral Sea is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation.
Coral Sea 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) | Inside a held contour | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | 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 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 Coral Sea 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.
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 Coral Sea lot.
Coral Sea planning - frequently asked
Is Coral Sea flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Coral Sea and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 55%).
Is Coral Sea bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Coral Sea and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Cairns Regional average is 23%).
Is Coral Sea affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of Coral Sea sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 25 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Coral Sea under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Coral Sea in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Coral Sea?
The dominant planning zone in Coral Sea is Conservation.
Does Coral Sea have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Coral Sea.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy Island | 23.9 km | 2% | 23% |
| Deeral | 28.7 km | 72% | 29% |
| East Russell | 30.4 km | 13% | 4% |
| Fishery Falls | 33.6 km | 92% | <1% |
| Aloomba | 35.1 km | 55% | 15% |
| Bellenden Ker | 37.0 km | 78% | 5% |
| Green Hill | 37.3 km | 47% | 25% |
| Bramston Beach | 37.8 km | 53% | 44% |
| Green Island | 39.1 km | 3% | 0% |
| Glen Boughton | 39.5 km | 54% | 80% |