Coral Sea flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Coral Sea
(Townsville City, QLD) - 8386.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
8386.84 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained 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 at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
- Townsville City Council ANEF
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 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: 0.34 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.31 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 8386.84 km², Coral Sea is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The median lot measures about 9,621 m² across 15 parcels.
Recent development applications in Coral Sea
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Townsville City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Coral Sea
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coral Sea 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 976, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Coral Sea's 78 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Northern Beaches, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coral Sea. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coral Sea itself.
5,363 in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
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.
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 | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Coral Sea. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Coral Sea. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
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 57%). Published flood models are held over parts of Coral Sea; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Coral Sea bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Coral Sea and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Townsville City average is 50%).
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 40 - 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 below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Coral Sea, and over about 9% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 52 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Community Facilities.
Does Coral Sea have heritage-listed places?
Coral Sea has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Coral Sea?
Across 15 surveyed parcels in Coral Sea, the median lot size is about 9,621 m².
What is the population of Coral Sea?
At the 2021 Census Coral Sea had 78 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 1.6 people. The wider Northern Beaches statistical area, which contains Coral Sea, went from 5,363 people in 2001 to 7,196 in 2025, up 34%.
Is Coral Sea an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coral Sea scores 976 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 Coral Sea?
Median household income in Coral Sea was $1,374 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $130 a week.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Sea Hinchinbrook Shire |
75.2 km | Not mapped | 0% |
| Guthalungra Whitsunday Regional |
84.1 km | 42% | 72% |
| Cungulla | 87.2 km | 100% | 50% |
| Gumlu Whitsunday Regional |
88.1 km | 37% | 68% |
| Cape Cleveland | 98.3 km | 78% | 57% |
| Nome | 103.1 km | 51% | 69% |
| Alligator Creek | 105.8 km | 12% | 86% |
| Mount Elliot | 106.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Florence Bay | 108.0 km | 10% | 91% |
| Bowen Whitsunday Regional |
108.7 km | 47% | 65% |