South Innisfail flood map & planning overlays
58% bushfire-mapped, 7th-highest in Cassowary Coast Regional, and 99.8% flood-mapped. Both overlays, heavily.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of South Innisfail
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 6.99 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.99 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to South Innisfail's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over South Innisfail
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 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
South Innisfail at a glance
Schools in and near South Innisfail
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
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.
Which school zone is a South Innisfail address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How South Innisfail is zoned
Selling in South Innisfail? 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 6.99 km², South Innisfail is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 58% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 1,001 m² across 262 parcels.
Who lives in South Innisfail
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the South Innisfail 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 868, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of South Innisfail's 508 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Innisfail, the wider ABS statistical area containing South Innisfail. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than South Innisfail itself.
9,719 in 2001 to 9,516 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
South Innisfail 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 7 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 South Innisfail 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 →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of South Innisfail. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 South Innisfail lot.
South Innisfail planning - frequently asked
Is South Innisfail flood-prone?
About 100% of South Innisfail falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of South Innisfail; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is South Innisfail bushfire-prone?
Around 58% of South Innisfail is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is South Innisfail under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 25% of South Innisfail in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,500 ft. 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 South Innisfail?
The dominant planning zone in South Innisfail is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Township.
Does South Innisfail have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within South Innisfail.
What is the typical lot size in South Innisfail?
Across 262 surveyed parcels in South Innisfail, the median lot size is about 1,001 m². There are also 22 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does South Innisfail have a train station?
There is no train station inside South Innisfail itself. The suburb is served by 3 bus stops.
What is the population of South Innisfail?
At the 2021 Census South Innisfail had 508 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Innisfail statistical area, which contains South Innisfail, went from 9,719 people in 2001 to 9,516 in 2025, down 2%.
Is South Innisfail an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), South Innisfail scores 868 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in South Innisfail?
Median household income in South Innisfail was $1,007 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webb | 1.8 km | 100% | 17% |
| East Innisfail | 1.9 km | 92% | 21% |
| Comoon Loop | 2.2 km | 100% | 10% |
| Mighell | 2.5 km | 100% | 3% |
| Innisfail | 3.2 km | 99% | 10% |
| Mundoo | 3.2 km | 89% | 2% |
| Innisfail Estate | 3.3 km | 100% | 0% |
| Mourilyan | 3.4 km | 100% | 43% |
| Coquette Point | 3.5 km | 65% | 15% |
| Goondi Hill | 3.8 km | 100% | 11% |