Tully Heads flood map & planning overlays
Median lots of 852 m², 9th-smallest of 123 in Cassowary Coast Regional.
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 Tully Heads
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 11.12 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
11.12 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tully Heads's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Tully Heads
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.
Tully Heads at a glance
Schools in and near Tully Heads
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: 3.57 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 12.96 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 Tully Heads address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Tully Heads is zoned
Selling in Tully Heads? 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 11.12 km², Tully Heads is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 70% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 28% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The median lot measures about 852 m² across 349 parcels.
Who lives in Tully Heads
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tully Heads 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 870, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tully Heads's 354 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tully, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tully Heads. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tully Heads 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.
Tully Heads 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 Tully Heads 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 →Published flood models are held over parts of Tully Heads. 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 Tully Heads lot.
Tully Heads planning - frequently asked
Is Tully Heads flood-prone?
About 70% of Tully Heads falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Tully Heads; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Tully Heads bushfire-prone?
Around 28% of Tully Heads is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is Tully Heads under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Tully Heads 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 Tully Heads?
The dominant planning zone in Tully Heads is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Township.
Does Tully Heads have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Tully Heads.
What is the typical lot size in Tully Heads?
Across 349 surveyed parcels in Tully Heads, the median lot size is about 852 m². There are also 8 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Tully Heads?
At the 2021 Census Tully Heads had 354 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Tully statistical area, which contains Tully Heads, went from 11,086 people in 2001 to 11,867 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Tully Heads an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tully Heads scores 870 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Tully Heads?
Median household income in Tully Heads was $1,057 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 $1,185 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hull Heads | 3.3 km | 73% | 43% |
| Lower Tully | 5.4 km | 91% | 38% |
| Rockingham | 6.9 km | 84% | 43% |
| Carmoo | 7.2 km | 70% | 54% |
| South Mission Beach | 7.4 km | 59% | 29% |
| Mount Mackay | 10.2 km | 24% | 32% |
| Tam O'Shanter | 11.2 km | 37% | 16% |
| Silky Oak | 11.3 km | 91% | 12% |
| Dunk | 11.5 km | 3% | 5% |
| Merryburn | 13.5 km | 67% | 48% |