Upper Daradgee flood map & planning overlays
Upper Daradgee sits higher than its namesake, but 62.7% is still flood-mapped.
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 Upper Daradgee
(Cassowary Coast Regional, QLD) - 18.4 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
18.4 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Upper Daradgee's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Upper Daradgee
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.
Upper Daradgee at a glance
Schools in and near Upper Daradgee
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: 2.57 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.46 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 Upper Daradgee is zoned
Selling in Upper Daradgee? 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 18.4 km², Upper Daradgee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 63% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 3% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 63,506 m² across 97 parcels.
Who lives in Upper Daradgee
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Upper Daradgee 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 985, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Upper Daradgee's 99 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Babinda, the wider ABS statistical area containing Upper Daradgee. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Upper Daradgee itself.
4,292 in 2001 to 4,765 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Upper Daradgee 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 Upper Daradgee 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 Upper Daradgee. 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 the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Upper Daradgee lot.
Upper Daradgee planning - frequently asked
Is Upper Daradgee flood-prone?
About 63% of Upper Daradgee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 66%. Published flood models are held over parts of Upper Daradgee; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Upper Daradgee bushfire-prone?
Around 3% of Upper Daradgee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cassowary Coast Regional average of 16%.
Is Upper Daradgee under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Upper Daradgee 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 Upper Daradgee?
The dominant planning zone in Upper Daradgee is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation.
Does Upper Daradgee have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Upper Daradgee.
What is the typical lot size in Upper Daradgee?
Across 97 surveyed parcels in Upper Daradgee, the median lot size is about 63,506 m². There are also 21 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Upper Daradgee?
At the 2021 Census Upper Daradgee had 99 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Babinda statistical area, which contains Upper Daradgee, went from 4,292 people in 2001 to 4,765 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Upper Daradgee an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Upper Daradgee scores 985 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 Upper Daradgee?
Median household income in Upper Daradgee was $1,416 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,319 for the typical suburb in Cassowary Coast Regional. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,119 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoters Hill | 2.3 km | 55% | 10% |
| O'Briens Hill | 3.6 km | 96% | 0% |
| Belvedere | 3.6 km | 70% | <1% |
| Fitzgerald Creek | 4.1 km | 62% | <1% |
| Pin Gin Hill | 4.3 km | 38% | 0% |
| Bamboo Creek | 4.3 km | 57% | 2% |
| Hudson | 4.8 km | 100% | 0% |
| Goondi Bend | 5.8 km | 100% | 0% |
| Goondi | 5.9 km | 98% | 0% |
| Cooroo Lands | 6.0 km | 72% | 0% |