Goldsborough flood map & planning overlays
A median weekly rent of $480, the highest in Cairns Regional, and 86.9% landslide-mapped. Gold, with conditions.
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A planning-constraint profile of Goldsborough
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 65.96 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
65.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Goldsborough's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Goldsborough properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 806 analysed Goldsborough properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 806 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Goldsborough.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Goldsborough
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Goldsborough at a glance
Schools in and near Goldsborough
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 4.37 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.92 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Goldsborough address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Goldsborough is zoned
Selling in Goldsborough? 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 65.96 km², Goldsborough is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 31% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 4,095 m² across 760 parcels.
Who lives in Goldsborough
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Goldsborough 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 1031, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Goldsborough's 1,099 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gordonvale - Trinity, the wider ABS statistical area containing Goldsborough. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Goldsborough itself.
6,364 in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.
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.
Goldsborough 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 Goldsborough address
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See what's in the $9 report →Published flood models are held over parts of Goldsborough. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Goldsborough lot.
Goldsborough planning - frequently asked
Is Goldsborough flood-prone?
About 31% of Goldsborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 18% of the 806 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 147 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Goldsborough; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Goldsborough bushfire-prone?
Around 56% of Goldsborough is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Goldsborough under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Goldsborough in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Goldsborough?
The dominant planning zone in Goldsborough is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Rural Residential.
Does Goldsborough have heritage-listed places?
Goldsborough has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Goldsborough hilly or flat?
Goldsborough is hilly: the median ground slope is about 14%, and 44% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 30 m to 147 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Goldsborough?
Across 760 surveyed parcels in Goldsborough, the median lot size is about 4,095 m². There are also 313 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Goldsborough?
At the 2021 Census Goldsborough had 1,099 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area, which contains Goldsborough, went from 6,364 people in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.
Is Goldsborough an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Goldsborough scores 1031 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Goldsborough?
Median household income in Goldsborough was $2,279 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $480 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mulgrave | 7.3 km | 51% | 58% |
| Gadgarra Tablelands Regional |
7.4 km | 23% | 72% |
| Barrine Tablelands Regional |
10.3 km | 24% | 32% |
| Danbulla Tablelands Regional |
10.5 km | 25% | 18% |
| Lake Barrine Tablelands Regional |
10.9 km | 25% | 0% |
| Gordonvale | 12.1 km | 87% | 22% |
| Mount Peter | 14.4 km | 100% | 47% |
| Lake Eacham Tablelands Regional |
15.0 km | 29% | 4% |
| Aloomba | 15.2 km | 55% | 15% |
| Lake Tinaroo Tablelands Regional |
16.8 km | 98% | 18% |