Cremorne flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cremorne
(Mackay Regional, QLD) - 3.09 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
3.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cremorne's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cremorne properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 49 Cremorne properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 49 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cremorne.
Cremorne at a glance
Schools in and near Cremorne
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: 0.42 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.30 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 Cremorne is zoned
Selling in Cremorne? 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 3.09 km², Cremorne is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Open space. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 880 m² across 50 parcels.
Who lives in Cremorne
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cremorne 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 889, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of North Mackay, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cremorne. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cremorne itself.
5,659 in 2001 to 6,418 in 2025, up 13%.
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.
Cremorne 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 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 Cremorne 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 Cremorne. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$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 Cremorne lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cremorne planning - frequently asked
Is Cremorne flood-prone?
About 100% of Cremorne falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 34%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 49 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Cremorne bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Cremorne and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Mackay Regional average is 26%).
What is the zoning in Cremorne?
The dominant planning zone in Cremorne is Open space, though the suburb also includes Low impact industry and Rural.
Does Cremorne have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cremorne.
Is Cremorne hilly or flat?
Cremorne is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 6 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cremorne?
Across 50 surveyed parcels in Cremorne, the median lot size is about 880 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Cremorne an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cremorne scores 889 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay | 1.2 km | 98% | 0% |
| North Mackay | 1.5 km | 81% | <1% |
| East Mackay | 2.5 km | 92% | 1% |
| Mackay Harbour | 3.0 km | 70% | 17% |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.4 km | 30% | 2% |
| West Mackay | 3.5 km | 74% | 2% |
| South Mackay | 3.8 km | 86% | 3% |
| Andergrove | 4.5 km | 72% | 14% |
| Foulden | 4.7 km | 100% | 0% |
| Beaconsfield | 5.4 km | 61% | 2% |