Dunk flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Dunk
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 154.89 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
154.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dunk's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Dunk at a glance
Schools in and near Dunk
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: 1.93 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 18.10 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 Dunk is zoned
Selling in Dunk? 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 154.89 km², Dunk is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 33,026 m² across 32 parcels.
Who lives in Dunk
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dunk suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dunk. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dunk itself.
11,086 in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Dunk 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 Dunk 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 Dunk. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Dunk lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Dunk planning - frequently asked
Is Dunk flood-prone?
About 3% of Dunk falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%.
Is Dunk bushfire-prone?
Around 5% of Dunk is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
What is the zoning in Dunk?
The dominant planning zone in Dunk is Environmental management and conservation.
Does Dunk have heritage-listed places?
Dunk has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Dunk?
Across 32 surveyed parcels in Dunk, the median lot size is about 33,026 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mission Beach | 8.8 km | 59% | 29% |
| Hull Heads | 11.0 km | 73% | 43% |
| Tully Heads | 11.5 km | 70% | 28% |
| Wongaling Beach | 12.0 km | 37% | 17% |
| Carmoo | 12.8 km | 70% | 54% |
| Tam O'Shanter | 13.6 km | 37% | 16% |
| Mission Beach | 15.1 km | 34% | 9% |
| Lower Tully | 15.6 km | 91% | 38% |
| Djiru | 17.7 km | 29% | 4% |
| Mount Mackay | 17.8 km | 24% | 32% |