Parramatta Park flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Parramatta Park
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 1.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Parramatta Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Parramatta Park properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,065 Parramatta Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,065 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Parramatta Park.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Parramatta Park
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed aircraft traffic is a separate question from the contour.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
16% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Cairns Regional Council ANEF
Parramatta Park at a glance
Schools in and near Parramatta Park
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
2 schools providing primary years and 2 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 Parramatta Park is zoned
Selling in Parramatta Park? 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 1.63 km², Parramatta Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Specialised Centre. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 446 m² across 1,807 parcels.
Who lives in Parramatta Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Parramatta Park 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 913, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Parramatta Park's 3,621 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cairns City, the wider ABS statistical area containing Parramatta Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Parramatta Park itself.
6,889 in 2001 to 13,599 in 2025, up 97%.
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.
Parramatta Park 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 12 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 Parramatta Park 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 Parramatta Park. 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 Parramatta Park lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Parramatta Park planning - frequently asked
Is Parramatta Park flood-prone?
About 100% of Parramatta Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 2,065 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 2065 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Parramatta Park bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Parramatta Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Parramatta Park affected by aircraft noise?
About 16% of Parramatta Park sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
What is the zoning in Parramatta Park?
The dominant planning zone in Parramatta Park is Specialised Centre, though the suburb also includes Mixed Use and Medium Density Residential.
Does Parramatta Park have heritage-listed places?
Parramatta Park has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Parramatta Park hilly or flat?
Parramatta Park is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 4 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Parramatta Park?
Across 1,807 surveyed parcels in Parramatta Park, the median lot size is about 446 m². There are also 62 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Parramatta Park have a train station?
There is no train station inside Parramatta Park itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Parramatta Park?
At the 2021 Census Parramatta Park had 3,621 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Cairns City statistical area, which contains Parramatta Park, went from 6,889 people in 2001 to 13,599 in 2025, up 97%.
Is Parramatta Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Parramatta Park scores 913 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 Parramatta Park?
Median household income in Parramatta Park was $1,211 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns City | 1.3 km | 65% | 0% |
| Westcourt | 1.4 km | 100% | <1% |
| Bungalow | 1.7 km | 100% | 2% |
| Manunda | 1.7 km | 99% | 40% |
| Cairns North | 2.1 km | 52% | <1% |
| Manoora | 3.0 km | 94% | 20% |
| Edge Hill | 3.3 km | 65% | 23% |
| East Trinity | 3.6 km | 41% | 45% |
| Mooroobool | 3.8 km | 48% | 18% |
| Portsmith | 4.4 km | 100% | 1% |