Little Mulgrave flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Little Mulgrave
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 18.76 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
18.76 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Little Mulgrave's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Little Mulgrave properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 157 Little Mulgrave properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 157 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Little Mulgrave.
Little Mulgrave at a glance
Schools in and near Little Mulgrave
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 4.25 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.45 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 Little Mulgrave is zoned
Selling in Little Mulgrave? 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 18.76 km², Little Mulgrave is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 51% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 58% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 30,332 m² across 149 parcels.
Who lives in Little Mulgrave
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Little Mulgrave 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 985, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Little Mulgrave's 269 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gordonvale - Trinity, the wider ABS statistical area containing Little Mulgrave. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Little Mulgrave 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.
Little Mulgrave 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 Little Mulgrave 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 Little Mulgrave. 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 Little Mulgrave lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Little Mulgrave planning - frequently asked
Is Little Mulgrave flood-prone?
About 51% of Little Mulgrave falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 84% of the 157 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 132 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Little Mulgrave bushfire-prone?
Around 58% of Little Mulgrave is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Little Mulgrave?
The dominant planning zone in Little Mulgrave is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Rural Residential.
Does Little Mulgrave have heritage-listed places?
Little Mulgrave has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Little Mulgrave hilly or flat?
Little Mulgrave is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 43% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 20 m to 164 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Little Mulgrave?
Across 149 surveyed parcels in Little Mulgrave, the median lot size is about 30,332 m². There are also 36 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Little Mulgrave?
At the 2021 Census Little Mulgrave had 269 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area, which contains Little Mulgrave, went from 6,364 people in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.
Is Little Mulgrave an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Little Mulgrave scores 985 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Little Mulgrave?
Median household income in Little Mulgrave was $1,339 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $190 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,972 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsborough | 7.3 km | 31% | 56% |
| Danbulla Tablelands Regional |
7.5 km | 25% | 18% |
| Mount Peter | 8.5 km | 100% | 47% |
| Gordonvale | 9.0 km | 87% | 22% |
| Lamb Range | 9.9 km | 18% | 28% |
| Barrine Tablelands Regional |
12.6 km | 24% | 32% |
| Edmonton | 13.3 km | 78% | 22% |
| Bentley Park | 13.8 km | 50% | 37% |
| Gadgarra Tablelands Regional |
14.2 km | 23% | 72% |
| Lake Barrine Tablelands Regional |
14.2 km | 25% | 0% |