Lower Tully flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Lower Tully
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 40.54 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
40.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lower Tully's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Lower Tully at a glance
Schools in and near Lower Tully
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: 6.17 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 Lower Tully is zoned
Selling in Lower Tully? 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 40.54 km², Lower Tully is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 91% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 38% 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 216,727 m² across 115 parcels.
Who lives in Lower Tully
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lower Tully 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 920, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lower Tully's 88 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lower Tully. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lower Tully itself.
11,086 in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Lower Tully 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 19 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 Lower Tully 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 Lower Tully. 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 Lower Tully lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Lower Tully planning - frequently asked
Is Lower Tully flood-prone?
About 91% of Lower Tully falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%.
Is Lower Tully bushfire-prone?
Around 38% of Lower Tully is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
What is the zoning in Lower Tully?
The dominant planning zone in Lower Tully is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation.
Does Lower Tully have heritage-listed places?
Lower Tully has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lower Tully?
Across 115 surveyed parcels in Lower Tully, the median lot size is about 216,727 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Lower Tully?
At the 2021 Census Lower Tully had 88 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Tully statistical area, which contains Lower Tully, went from 11,086 people in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Lower Tully an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lower Tully scores 920 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lower Tully?
Median household income in Lower Tully was $1,300 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $265 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hull Heads | 4.6 km | 73% | 43% |
| Mount Mackay | 5.4 km | 24% | 32% |
| Carmoo | 5.4 km | 70% | 54% |
| Tully Heads | 5.4 km | 70% | 28% |
| Silky Oak | 6.2 km | 91% | 12% |
| Rockingham | 7.2 km | 84% | 43% |
| Merryburn | 8.4 km | 67% | 48% |
| South Mission Beach | 8.4 km | 59% | 29% |
| Tam O'Shanter | 9.5 km | 37% | 16% |
| Tully | 9.8 km | 71% | 12% |