Cungulla flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cungulla
(Townsville City, QLD) - 1.65 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
1.65 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cungulla's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cungulla properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 294 Cungulla properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 294 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cungulla.
Cungulla at a glance
Schools in and near Cungulla
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: 11.22 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 30.66 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 Cungulla is zoned
Selling in Cungulla? 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 1.65 km², Cungulla is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 50% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 810 m² across 295 parcels.
Recent development applications in Cungulla
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
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Cungulla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cungulla 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 916, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cungulla's 307 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Townsville - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cungulla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cungulla itself.
3,576 in 2001 to 5,861 in 2025, up 64%.
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.
Cungulla 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 |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Townsville City Council |
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 Cungulla 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 Cungulla. 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 Cungulla lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cungulla planning - frequently asked
Is Cungulla flood-prone?
About 100% of Cungulla falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 294 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Cungulla bushfire-prone?
Around 50% of Cungulla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Townsville City average of 50%.
What is the zoning in Cungulla?
The dominant planning zone in Cungulla is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Open Space.
Does Cungulla have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cungulla.
Is Cungulla hilly or flat?
Cungulla is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 5 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cungulla?
Across 295 surveyed parcels in Cungulla, the median lot size is about 810 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cungulla?
At the 2021 Census Cungulla had 307 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Townsville - South statistical area, which contains Cungulla, went from 3,576 people in 2001 to 5,861 in 2025, up 64%.
Is Cungulla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cungulla scores 916 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cungulla?
Median household income in Cungulla was $1,147 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,510 for the typical suburb in Townsville City. Median rent was $245 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,200 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Cleveland | 16.6 km | 78% | 57% |
| Nome | 18.1 km | 40% | 69% |
| Alligator Creek | 19.0 km | <1% | 86% |
| Mount Elliot | 20.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Julago | 23.8 km | 0% | 86% |
| Brookhill | 25.5 km | 0% | 87% |
| Stuart | 26.7 km | 60% | 42% |
| Toonpan | 27.6 km | 0% | 90% |
| Majors Creek | 29.6 km | 27% | 77% |
| Oak Valley | 30.4 km | 0% | 84% |