Gordonvale flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Gordonvale
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 57.22 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 10 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
57.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gordonvale's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Gordonvale properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,504 Gordonvale properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,504 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Gordonvale.
Gordonvale at a glance
Schools in and near Gordonvale
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
4 schools providing primary years and 4 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Gordonvale is zoned
Selling in Gordonvale? 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 57.22 km², Gordonvale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 87% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 32 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 826 m² across 3,246 parcels.
Who lives in Gordonvale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gordonvale 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 949, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gordonvale's 6,944 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gordonvale - Trinity, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gordonvale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gordonvale 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.
Gordonvale 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 10 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 Gordonvale 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 Gordonvale. 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 Gordonvale lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Gordonvale planning - frequently asked
Is Gordonvale flood-prone?
About 87% of Gordonvale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 37% of the 3,504 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1279 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Gordonvale bushfire-prone?
Around 22% of Gordonvale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Gordonvale?
The dominant planning zone in Gordonvale is Rural, though the suburb also includes Special Purpose and Cairns South State Development.
Does Gordonvale have heritage-listed places?
Gordonvale has 32 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Gordonvale hilly or flat?
Gordonvale is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 7% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 14 m to 71 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Gordonvale?
Across 3,246 surveyed parcels in Gordonvale, the median lot size is about 826 m². There are also 541 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Gordonvale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Gordonvale itself. The suburb is served by 18 bus stops.
What is the population of Gordonvale?
At the 2021 Census Gordonvale had 6,944 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area, which contains Gordonvale, went from 6,364 people in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.
Is Gordonvale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gordonvale scores 949 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 Gordonvale?
Median household income in Gordonvale was $1,659 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Peter | 5.4 km | 100% | 47% |
| Packers Camp | 7.8 km | 100% | 10% |
| Wrights Creek | 8.1 km | 100% | 9% |
| Little Mulgrave | 9.0 km | 51% | 58% |
| Green Hill | 9.0 km | 47% | 25% |
| Edmonton | 9.4 km | 78% | 22% |
| Aloomba | 10.3 km | 55% | 15% |
| Bentley Park | 11.0 km | 50% | 37% |
| Goldsborough | 12.1 km | 31% | 56% |
| Mount Sheridan | 12.5 km | 41% | 31% |