South Mission Beach flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of South Mission Beach
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 32.01 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
32.01 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to South Mission Beach's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
South Mission Beach at a glance
Schools in and near South Mission Beach
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 13.84 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 South Mission Beach is zoned
Selling in South Mission Beach? 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 32.01 km², South Mission Beach is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 59% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 1,001 m² across 885 parcels.
Who lives in South Mission Beach
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the South Mission Beach 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 970, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of South Mission Beach's 968 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing South Mission Beach. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than South Mission Beach itself.
11,086 in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
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 Mission Beach 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 16 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 South Mission Beach 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 South Mission Beach. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 South Mission Beach lot.
See what's in the $9 report →South Mission Beach planning - frequently asked
Is South Mission Beach flood-prone?
About 59% of South Mission Beach falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%.
Is South Mission Beach bushfire-prone?
Around 29% of South Mission Beach is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
What is the zoning in South Mission Beach?
The dominant planning zone in South Mission Beach is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Township and Rural residential.
Does South Mission Beach have heritage-listed places?
South Mission Beach has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in South Mission Beach?
Across 885 surveyed parcels in South Mission Beach, the median lot size is about 1,001 m². There are also 153 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of South Mission Beach?
At the 2021 Census South Mission Beach had 968 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Tully statistical area, which contains South Mission Beach, went from 11,086 people in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
Is South Mission Beach an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), South Mission Beach scores 970 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in South Mission Beach?
Median household income in South Mission Beach was $1,286 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,513 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmoo | 4.1 km | 70% | 54% |
| Hull Heads | 4.5 km | 73% | 43% |
| Tam O'Shanter | 5.3 km | 37% | 16% |
| Wongaling Beach | 6.2 km | 37% | 17% |
| Tully Heads | 7.4 km | 70% | 28% |
| Lower Tully | 8.4 km | 91% | 38% |
| Dunk | 8.8 km | 3% | 5% |
| Mount Mackay | 9.1 km | 24% | 32% |
| Mission Beach | 9.9 km | 34% | 9% |
| Djiru | 11.0 km | 29% | 4% |