Woree flood map & planning overlays
6 schools, joint most in Cairns Regional. School pickup is a suburb-wide event.
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 Woree
(Cairns Regional, QLD) - 5.78 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
5.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woree's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Woree properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,946 analysed Woree properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,946 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Woree.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Woree
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.
Woree at a glance
Schools in and near Woree
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
2 schools providing primary years and 3 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Woree is zoned
Selling in Woree? 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 5.78 km², Woree is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 74% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 28% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Sport and Recreation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 806 m² across 2,537 parcels.
Who lives in Woree
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woree 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 867, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woree's 5,127 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Woree, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woree. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woree itself.
4,280 in 2001 to 5,252 in 2025, up 23%.
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.
Woree 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 Woree 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 Woree. 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).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Woree lot.
Woree planning - frequently asked
Is Woree flood-prone?
About 74% of Woree falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 11% of the 2,946 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 319 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Woree; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Woree bushfire-prone?
Around 28% of Woree is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.
Is Woree under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Woree 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 Woree?
The dominant planning zone in Woree is Sport and Recreation, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Special Purpose.
Does Woree have heritage-listed places?
Woree has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Woree hilly or flat?
Woree is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 43 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Woree?
Across 2,537 surveyed parcels in Woree, the median lot size is about 806 m². There are also 348 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Woree have a train station?
There is no train station inside Woree itself. The suburb is served by 19 bus stops.
What is the population of Woree?
At the 2021 Census Woree had 5,127 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Woree statistical area, which contains Woree, went from 4,280 people in 2001 to 5,252 in 2025, up 23%.
Is Woree an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woree scores 867 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 Woree?
Median household income in Woree was $1,152 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Heights | 2.1 km | 33% | 37% |
| Earlville | 2.5 km | 46% | 29% |
| White Rock | 2.5 km | 93% | 9% |
| Bungalow | 3.0 km | 100% | 2% |
| Mooroobool | 3.2 km | 48% | 18% |
| Mount Sheridan | 3.5 km | 41% | 31% |
| Westcourt | 3.5 km | 100% | <1% |
| Portsmith | 3.7 km | 100% | 1% |
| Parramatta Park | 4.7 km | 100% | 10% |
| Manunda | 4.8 km | 99% | 40% |