East Innisfail flood map & planning overlays
1,757 residents, the most of any suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. The district's busiest patch.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of East Innisfail
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 1.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
1.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to East Innisfail'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 East Innisfail
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
Night movements: observed, lowest 7,500 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.
East Innisfail at a glance
Schools in and near East Innisfail
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
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: 0.05 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 East Innisfail is zoned
Selling in East Innisfail? 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 1.41 km², East Innisfail is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 92% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 21% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Township. The median lot measures about 1,011 m² across 800 parcels.
Who lives in East Innisfail
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the East Innisfail 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 867, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of East Innisfail's 1,757 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Innisfail, the wider ABS statistical area containing East Innisfail. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than East Innisfail itself.
9,719 in 2001 to 9,516 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
East Innisfail 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 |
| 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 |
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 East Innisfail 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 →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 East Innisfail. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a East Innisfail lot.
East Innisfail planning - frequently asked
Is East Innisfail flood-prone?
About 92% of East Innisfail falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of East Innisfail; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is East Innisfail bushfire-prone?
Around 21% of East Innisfail is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is East Innisfail under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 18% of East Innisfail in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 7,000 ft. 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 East Innisfail?
The dominant planning zone in East Innisfail is Township, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Rural.
Does East Innisfail have heritage-listed places?
East Innisfail has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in East Innisfail?
Across 800 surveyed parcels in East Innisfail, the median lot size is about 1,011 m². There are also 41 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does East Innisfail have a train station?
There is no train station inside East Innisfail itself. The suburb is served by 7 bus stops.
What is the population of East Innisfail?
At the 2021 Census East Innisfail had 1,757 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Innisfail statistical area, which contains East Innisfail, went from 9,719 people in 2001 to 9,516 in 2025, down 2%.
Is East Innisfail an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), East Innisfail scores 867 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in East Innisfail?
Median household income in East Innisfail was $1,092 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $255 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innisfail | 1.2 km | 99% | 10% |
| Mighell | 1.5 km | 100% | 3% |
| Webb | 1.6 km | 100% | 17% |
| South Innisfail | 1.9 km | 100% | 58% |
| Innisfail Estate | 2.0 km | 100% | 0% |
| Goondi Hill | 2.2 km | 100% | 11% |
| Cullinane | 2.6 km | 100% | 3% |
| Goondi Bend | 3.0 km | 100% | 0% |
| Eaton | 3.3 km | 85% | 8% |
| Mundoo | 3.4 km | 89% | 2% |