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Earlville flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Earlville (Cairns Regional, QLD) - 3.55 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.

Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Earlville's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Earlville properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,202 Earlville properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Earlville at a glance

Parcels 1,943 Median lot 745 m² Mapped easements 277 Bus stops 8 Schools in suburb 1 Landslide overlay 36%

Schools in and near Earlville

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

1

1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: inside the suburb

Secondary: 0.75 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 Earlville is zoned

Low Density Residential 30%
Conservation 29%
Medium Density Residential 12%
Open Space 7%
Major Centre 5%
Special Purpose 4%

Selling in Earlville? 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 3.55 km², Earlville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 46% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 745 m² across 1,943 parcels.

Who lives in Earlville

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Earlville suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
4,200
usual residents, 2021
Median age
44
years
Median household income
$1,166
per week, Cairns Regional suburb typical $1,618
Median rent
$290
per week, Cairns Regional suburb typical $315
Median mortgage
$1,500
per month
Household size
2.2
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 935, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Earlville's 4,200 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.8%
5-14 11.5%
15-19 5.3%
20-24 5.1%
25-34 12.5%
35-44 11.9%
45-54 13.6%
55-64 11.5%
65-74 10.7%
75-84 8.9%
85+ 4.3%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Earlville - Bayview Heights, the wider ABS statistical area containing Earlville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Earlville itself.

7,985 in 2001 to 8,723 in 2025, up 9%.

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.

Earlville data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 12 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 Earlville 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 Earlville. 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 Earlville lot.

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Earlville planning - frequently asked

Is Earlville flood-prone?

About 46% of Earlville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 36% of the 2,202 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 792 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Earlville bushfire-prone?

Around 29% of Earlville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.

What is the zoning in Earlville?

The dominant planning zone in Earlville is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Medium Density Residential.

Does Earlville have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Earlville.

Is Earlville hilly or flat?

Earlville is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 61 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Earlville?

Across 1,943 surveyed parcels in Earlville, the median lot size is about 745 m². There are also 277 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Earlville have a train station?

There is no train station inside Earlville itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.

What is the population of Earlville?

At the 2021 Census Earlville had 4,200 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Earlville - Bayview Heights statistical area, which contains Earlville, went from 7,985 people in 2001 to 8,723 in 2025, up 9%.

Is Earlville an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Earlville scores 935 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Earlville?

Median household income in Earlville was $1,166 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Mooroobool 1.3 km 48% 18%
Bayview Heights 1.9 km 33% 37%
Woree 2.5 km 74% 28%
Kanimbla 2.9 km 33% 58%
Westcourt 3.3 km 100% <1%
Manoora 3.4 km 94% 20%
Bungalow 3.4 km 100% 2%
Manunda 3.9 km 99% 40%
Redlynch 4.1 km 39% 34%
Parramatta Park 4.7 km 100% 10%

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