Kanimbla flood map & planning overlays
57.6% bushfire-mapped, joint 3rd-highest in Cairns Regional, and the 5th-highest household income.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kanimbla
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 3.08 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kanimbla's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kanimbla properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,219 analysed Kanimbla properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,219 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kanimbla.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kanimbla
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 to
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.
Kanimbla at a glance
Schools in and near Kanimbla
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: 0.15 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.56 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 Kanimbla address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Kanimbla is zoned
Selling in Kanimbla? 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 3.08 km², Kanimbla is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 33% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 58% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 721 m² across 1,201 parcels.
Who lives in Kanimbla
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kanimbla 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 1044, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kanimbla's 2,827 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kanimbla - Mooroobool, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kanimbla. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kanimbla itself.
7,592 in 2001 to 10,375 in 2025, up 37%.
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.
Kanimbla 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 5 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 Kanimbla 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Kanimbla. 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 Kanimbla lot.
Kanimbla planning - frequently asked
Is Kanimbla flood-prone?
About 33% of Kanimbla falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 1% of the 1,219 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 9 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Kanimbla; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Kanimbla bushfire-prone?
Around 58% of Kanimbla is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Kanimbla under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Kanimbla in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). 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 Kanimbla?
The dominant planning zone in Kanimbla is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Open Space.
Does Kanimbla have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kanimbla.
Is Kanimbla hilly or flat?
Kanimbla is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 13% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 19 m to 83 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kanimbla?
Across 1,201 surveyed parcels in Kanimbla, the median lot size is about 721 m². There are also 455 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kanimbla have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kanimbla itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Kanimbla?
At the 2021 Census Kanimbla had 2,827 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Kanimbla - Mooroobool statistical area, which contains Kanimbla, went from 7,592 people in 2001 to 10,375 in 2025, up 37%.
Is Kanimbla an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kanimbla scores 1044 and sits in decile 9 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 Kanimbla?
Median household income in Kanimbla was $2,270 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,842 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manoora | 1.6 km | 94% | 20% |
| Mooroobool | 1.8 km | 48% | 18% |
| Brinsmead | 2.5 km | 35% | 18% |
| Redlynch | 2.6 km | 39% | 34% |
| Whitfield | 2.8 km | 23% | 31% |
| Manunda | 2.8 km | 99% | 40% |
| Earlville | 2.9 km | 46% | 29% |
| Edge Hill | 3.2 km | 65% | 23% |
| Westcourt | 3.4 km | 100% | <1% |
| Bungalow | 4.2 km | 100% | 2% |