Mooroobool QLD 4870 flood map & planning overlays
7,136 residents, 5th-most of 51 in Cairns Regional. A big, lived-in suburb.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mooroobool
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 4.6 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
4.6 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mooroobool's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mooroobool properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,296 analysed Mooroobool properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,296 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mooroobool.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mooroobool
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.
Mooroobool at a glance
Schools in and near Mooroobool
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: 0.24 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 Mooroobool address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Mooroobool is zoned
Selling in Mooroobool? 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 4.6 km², Mooroobool is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 48% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 18% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 750 m² across 3,147 parcels.
Who lives in Mooroobool
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mooroobool 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 927, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mooroobool's 7,136 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kanimbla - Mooroobool, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mooroobool. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mooroobool 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.
Mooroobool 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 Mooroobool 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 Mooroobool. 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 Mooroobool lot.
Mooroobool planning - frequently asked
Is Mooroobool flood-prone?
About 48% of Mooroobool falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 31% of the 3,296 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1028 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Mooroobool; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mooroobool bushfire-prone?
Around 18% of Mooroobool is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Mooroobool under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Mooroobool 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 Mooroobool?
The dominant planning zone in Mooroobool is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Medium Density Residential.
Does Mooroobool have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mooroobool.
Is Mooroobool hilly or flat?
Mooroobool is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 16% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 109 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mooroobool?
Across 3,147 surveyed parcels in Mooroobool, the median lot size is about 750 m². There are also 374 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mooroobool have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mooroobool itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.
What is the population of Mooroobool?
At the 2021 Census Mooroobool had 7,136 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Kanimbla - Mooroobool statistical area, which contains Mooroobool, went from 7,592 people in 2001 to 10,375 in 2025, up 37%.
Is Mooroobool an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mooroobool scores 927 and sits in decile 3 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 Mooroobool?
Median household income in Mooroobool was $1,495 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earlville | 1.3 km | 46% | 29% |
| Kanimbla | 1.8 km | 33% | 58% |
| Manoora | 2.0 km | 94% | 20% |
| Westcourt | 2.4 km | 100% | <1% |
| Manunda | 2.7 km | 99% | 40% |
| Bungalow | 2.9 km | 100% | 2% |
| Bayview Heights | 3.2 km | 33% | 37% |
| Woree | 3.2 km | 74% | 28% |
| Redlynch | 3.8 km | 39% | 34% |
| Parramatta Park | 3.8 km | 100% | 10% |