Woopen Creek flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 57, the highest in Cairns Regional, on 6 ha median lots. Seasoned locals, big blocks.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers.
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A planning-constraint profile of Woopen Creek
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 26.57 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
26.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woopen Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Woopen Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 142 analysed Woopen Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 142 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Woopen Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Woopen Creek
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.
Woopen Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Woopen Creek
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: 0.75 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 8.96 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 Woopen Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Woopen Creek is zoned
Selling in Woopen Creek? 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 26.57 km², Woopen Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 54% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 64,187 m² across 134 parcels.
Who lives in Woopen Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woopen Creek 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 998, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woopen Creek's 135 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Babinda, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woopen Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woopen Creek 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.
Woopen Creek 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 Woopen Creek 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 Woopen Creek. 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 to spin round in your browser (+$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 Woopen Creek lot.
Woopen Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Woopen Creek flood-prone?
About 54% of Woopen Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 78% of the 142 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 110 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Woopen Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Woopen Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Woopen Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Woopen Creek under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Woopen Creek 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 Woopen Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Woopen Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Open Space.
Does Woopen Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Woopen Creek.
Is Woopen Creek hilly or flat?
Woopen Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 25% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 13 m to 93 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Woopen Creek?
Across 134 surveyed parcels in Woopen Creek, the median lot size is about 64,187 m². There are also 7 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Woopen Creek?
At the 2021 Census Woopen Creek had 135 usual residents, with a median age of 57 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Babinda statistical area, which contains Woopen Creek, went from 4,292 people in 2001 to 4,765 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Woopen Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woopen Creek scores 998 and sits in decile 6 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 Woopen Creek?
Median household income in Woopen Creek was $1,575 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,127 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartle Frere | 3.0 km | 71% | <1% |
| Ngatjan | 3.7 km | 28% | <1% |
| Ngatjan Cassowary Coast Regional |
5.0 km | 36% | 0% |
| Cooroo Lands Cassowary Coast Regional |
6.6 km | 72% | 0% |
| Waugh Pocket | 7.2 km | 49% | 1% |
| Nerada Cassowary Coast Regional |
9.1 km | 46% | 1% |
| Vasa Views Cassowary Coast Regional |
9.2 km | 43% | 0% |
| Eubenangee Cassowary Coast Regional |
9.9 km | 59% | 12% |
| Mirriwinni | 10.4 km | 78% | 7% |
| Upper Daradgee Cassowary Coast Regional |
10.4 km | 63% | 3% |