Kamerunga flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kamerunga
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 4.27 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
4.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kamerunga's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kamerunga properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 474 Kamerunga properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 474 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kamerunga.
Kamerunga at a glance
Schools in and near Kamerunga
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 1 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 Kamerunga is zoned
Selling in Kamerunga? 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 4.27 km², Kamerunga is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 73% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 39% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 940 m² across 477 parcels.
Who lives in Kamerunga
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kamerunga 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 1027, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kamerunga's 962 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Redlynch, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kamerunga. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kamerunga itself.
6,810 in 2001 to 14,877 in 2025, up 118%.
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.
Kamerunga 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 Kamerunga 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 Kamerunga. 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 Kamerunga lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kamerunga planning - frequently asked
Is Kamerunga flood-prone?
About 73% of Kamerunga falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 33% of the 474 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 158 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Kamerunga bushfire-prone?
Around 39% of Kamerunga is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Kamerunga?
The dominant planning zone in Kamerunga is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Open Space.
Does Kamerunga have heritage-listed places?
Kamerunga has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Kamerunga hilly or flat?
Kamerunga is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 37% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 65 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kamerunga?
Across 477 surveyed parcels in Kamerunga, the median lot size is about 940 m². There are also 92 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kamerunga have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kamerunga itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Kamerunga?
At the 2021 Census Kamerunga had 962 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Redlynch statistical area, which contains Kamerunga, went from 6,810 people in 2001 to 14,877 in 2025, up 118%.
Is Kamerunga an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kamerunga scores 1027 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 Kamerunga?
Median household income in Kamerunga was $2,104 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater | 1.7 km | 32% | 39% |
| Barron | 2.2 km | 100% | 6% |
| Caravonica | 2.7 km | 40% | 19% |
| Barron Gorge | 2.7 km | 13% | 38% |
| Brinsmead | 2.8 km | 35% | 18% |
| Stratford | 3.2 km | 42% | 69% |
| Whitfield | 3.8 km | 23% | 31% |
| Redlynch | 4.7 km | 39% | 34% |
| Kanimbla | 5.2 km | 33% | 58% |
| Edge Hill | 5.4 km | 65% | 23% |