Coral Sea flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Coral Sea
(Hinchinbrook Shire, QLD) - 7961.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
7961.02 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.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Coral Sea at a glance
Schools in and near Coral Sea
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: 2.53 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 7.20 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 Coral Sea is zoned
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Coral Sea, so this page can't show its zone mix. That is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning - every lot in Coral Sea sits in a zone under the Hinchinbrook Shire planning scheme, and Hinchinbrook Shire is the authority to check it with. The other overlays on this page are unaffected.
Across its 7961.02 km², Coral Sea is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay.
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 | Not 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 | Not available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
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 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Coral Sea lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Coral Sea planning - frequently asked
Is Coral Sea flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Coral Sea and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 67%).
Is Coral Sea bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Coral Sea and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Hinchinbrook Shire average is 36%).
What is the zoning in Coral Sea?
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Coral Sea, so this page can't say how it is zoned - that is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning. Hinchinbrook Shire publishes the zone maps for this area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Bay Townsville City |
63.6 km | 10% | 91% |
| Horseshoe Bay Townsville City |
65.7 km | 28% | 86% |
| Arcadia Townsville City |
66.6 km | 8% | 90% |
| Nelly Bay Townsville City |
68.5 km | 27% | 82% |
| West Point Townsville City |
69.4 km | 9% | 93% |
| Picnic Bay Townsville City |
70.9 km | 17% | 93% |
| Cape Cleveland Townsville City |
73.3 km | 78% | 57% |
| Coral Sea Townsville City |
75.2 km | <1% | 0% |
| Cungulla Townsville City |
76.1 km | 100% | 50% |
| Pallarenda Townsville City |
77.6 km | 55% | 67% |