Mount Peter flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Peter
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 17.78 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
17.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Peter's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Peter properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 732 Mount Peter properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 732 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Peter.
Mount Peter at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Peter
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 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Mount Peter is zoned
Selling in Mount Peter? 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 17.78 km², Mount Peter is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 47% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 516 m² across 670 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Peter
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Peter 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 1018, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Peter's 689 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gordonvale - Trinity, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Peter. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Peter 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.
Mount Peter 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 Mount Peter 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.
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 Mount Peter lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Peter planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Peter flood-prone?
About 100% of Mount Peter falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 732 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 711 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Peter bushfire-prone?
Around 47% of Mount Peter is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Mount Peter?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Peter is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Emerging Community and Low-medium Density Residential.
Does Mount Peter have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Peter.
Is Mount Peter hilly or flat?
Mount Peter is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 35 m to 74 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Peter?
Across 670 surveyed parcels in Mount Peter, the median lot size is about 516 m². There are also 57 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Peter?
At the 2021 Census Mount Peter had 689 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area, which contains Mount Peter, went from 6,364 people in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.
Is Mount Peter an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Peter scores 1018 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 Mount Peter?
Median household income in Mount Peter was $2,096 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 $1,582 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | 5.1 km | 78% | 22% |
| Gordonvale | 5.4 km | 87% | 22% |
| Wrights Creek | 6.1 km | 100% | 9% |
| Bentley Park | 6.2 km | 50% | 37% |
| Lamb Range | 7.5 km | 18% | 28% |
| Packers Camp | 7.7 km | 100% | 10% |
| Mount Sheridan | 8.1 km | 41% | 31% |
| Little Mulgrave | 8.5 km | 51% | 58% |
| White Rock | 9.5 km | 93% | 9% |
| Green Hill | 10.5 km | 47% | 25% |