Mount Sheridan flood map & planning overlays
8,678 residents, 3rd-most in Cairns Regional, and 20 bus stops. Southside Cairns, busy as.
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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 5 November 2026.
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?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,739 analysed Mount Sheridan properties; no individual property result is identified.
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Mount Sheridan
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.
Mount Sheridan at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Sheridan
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
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.
Which school zone is a Mount Sheridan address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
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 |
| 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 Mount Sheridan address
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See what's in the $9 report →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 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 Mount Sheridan lot.
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. Published flood models are held over parts of Mount Sheridan; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Mount Sheridan bushfire-prone?
Around 31% of Mount Sheridan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Mount Sheridan under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Mount Sheridan 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 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% |