Kairi flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kairi
(Tablelands Regional, QLD) - 36.75 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.
Constraint readout
36.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kairi's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Kairi at a glance
Schools in and near Kairi
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 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: 4.62 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 Kairi is zoned
Selling in Kairi? 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 36.75 km², Kairi is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 8% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 20,602 m² across 291 parcels.
Who lives in Kairi
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kairi 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 959, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kairi's 490 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Malanda - Yungaburra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kairi. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kairi itself.
7,816 in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.
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.
Kairi 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 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 Kairi 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 Kairi. 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 Kairi lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kairi planning - frequently asked
Is Kairi flood-prone?
About 30% of Kairi falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 36%.
Is Kairi bushfire-prone?
Around 8% of Kairi is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Tablelands Regional average of 40%.
What is the zoning in Kairi?
The dominant planning zone in Kairi is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Low density residential.
Does Kairi have heritage-listed places?
Kairi has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kairi?
Across 291 surveyed parcels in Kairi, the median lot size is about 20,602 m². There are also 46 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Kairi?
At the 2021 Census Kairi had 490 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area, which contains Kairi, went from 7,816 people in 2001 to 9,700 in 2025, up 24%.
Is Kairi an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kairi scores 959 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Kairi?
Median household income in Kairi was $1,454 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,156 for the typical suburb in Tablelands Regional. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,354 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tinaroo | 4.0 km | 98% | 18% |
| Tinaroo | 5.5 km | 22% | 73% |
| Tolga | 7.6 km | 36% | 49% |
| Yungaburra | 8.5 km | 38% | 11% |
| Atherton | 8.9 km | 33% | 30% |
| East Barron | 9.6 km | 37% | 8% |
| Barrine | 10.8 km | 24% | 32% |
| Lake Barrine | 11.7 km | 25% | 0% |
| Danbulla | 12.3 km | 25% | 18% |
| Peeramon | 12.6 km | 32% | 2% |