Kewarra Beach flood map & planning overlays
6,133 people on 785 m² lots, and a median age of 43. Beachside suburbia at full strength.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kewarra Beach
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 6.37 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.37 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kewarra Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kewarra Beach properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,069 analysed Kewarra Beach properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,069 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kewarra Beach.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kewarra Beach
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.
Kewarra Beach at a glance
Schools in and near Kewarra Beach
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
2 schools 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: 2.27 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 Kewarra Beach address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Kewarra Beach is zoned
Selling in Kewarra Beach? 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 6.37 km², Kewarra Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 23% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 30% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 785 m² across 2,999 parcels.
Who lives in Kewarra Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kewarra Beach 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 1011, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kewarra Beach's 6,133 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clifton Beach - Kewarra Beach, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kewarra Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kewarra Beach itself.
6,519 in 2001 to 12,760 in 2025, up 96%.
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.
Kewarra Beach 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 Kewarra Beach 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 →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Kewarra Beach. 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 Kewarra Beach lot.
Kewarra Beach planning - frequently asked
Is Kewarra Beach flood-prone?
About 23% of Kewarra Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 16% of the 3,069 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 493 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Kewarra Beach; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Kewarra Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 30% of Kewarra Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Kewarra Beach under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 2% of Kewarra Beach in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 ft. 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 Kewarra Beach?
The dominant planning zone in Kewarra Beach is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Sport and Recreation and Rural Residential.
Does Kewarra Beach have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kewarra Beach.
Is Kewarra Beach hilly or flat?
Kewarra Beach is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 49 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kewarra Beach?
Across 2,999 surveyed parcels in Kewarra Beach, the median lot size is about 785 m². There are also 346 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kewarra Beach have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kewarra Beach itself. The suburb is served by 16 bus stops.
What is the population of Kewarra Beach?
At the 2021 Census Kewarra Beach had 6,133 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Clifton Beach - Kewarra Beach statistical area, which contains Kewarra Beach, went from 6,519 people in 2001 to 12,760 in 2025, up 96%.
Is Kewarra Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kewarra Beach scores 1011 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Kewarra Beach?
Median household income in Kewarra Beach was $1,748 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $425 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Beach | 1.7 km | 15% | 47% |
| Trinity Beach | 2.4 km | 22% | 40% |
| Macalister Range | 2.7 km | 5% | 47% |
| Trinity Park | 3.6 km | 83% | 22% |
| Smithfield | 4.4 km | 48% | 43% |
| Palm Cove | 4.6 km | 13% | 31% |
| Yorkeys Knob | 6.1 km | 87% | 15% |
| Ellis Beach | 6.8 km | 7% | 8% |
| Caravonica | 8.2 km | 40% | 19% |
| Holloways Beach | 8.6 km | 81% | 15% |