Mount Sheridan flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Sheridan
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 6.06 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
6.06 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Sheridan's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Sheridan properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,739 Mount Sheridan properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,739 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Sheridan.
Mount Sheridan at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Sheridan
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: 0.06 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.06 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 Mount Sheridan is zoned
Selling in Mount Sheridan? 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 6.06 km², Mount Sheridan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 41% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 31% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 703 m² across 3,631 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Sheridan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Sheridan 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 984, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Sheridan's 8,678 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mount Sheridan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Sheridan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Sheridan itself.
5,419 in 2001 to 9,042 in 2025, up 67%.
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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Mount Sheridan. 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 Mount Sheridan lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Sheridan planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Sheridan flood-prone?
About 41% of Mount Sheridan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 3,739 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 14 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Sheridan bushfire-prone?
Around 31% of Mount Sheridan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
What is the zoning in Mount Sheridan?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Sheridan is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Open Space.
Does Mount Sheridan have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Sheridan.
Is Mount Sheridan hilly or flat?
Mount Sheridan is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 16 m to 90 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Sheridan?
Across 3,631 surveyed parcels in Mount Sheridan, the median lot size is about 703 m². There are also 779 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mount Sheridan have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mount Sheridan itself. The suburb is served by 20 bus stops.
What is the population of Mount Sheridan?
At the 2021 Census Mount Sheridan had 8,678 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Mount Sheridan statistical area, which contains Mount Sheridan, went from 5,419 people in 2001 to 9,042 in 2025, up 67%.
Is Mount Sheridan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Sheridan scores 984 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 Mount Sheridan?
Median household income in Mount Sheridan was $1,826 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,542 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Park | 2.1 km | 50% | 37% |
| Bayview Heights | 3.0 km | 33% | 37% |
| Edmonton | 3.1 km | 78% | 22% |
| White Rock | 3.2 km | 93% | 9% |
| Woree | 3.5 km | 74% | 28% |
| Earlville | 4.8 km | 46% | 29% |
| Wrights Creek | 5.7 km | 100% | 9% |
| Mooroobool | 6.0 km | 48% | 18% |
| Portsmith | 6.0 km | 100% | 1% |
| Bungalow | 6.4 km | 100% | 2% |