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Wrights Creek flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Wrights Creek (Cairns Regional, QLD) - 22.75 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 10 September 2026.

Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wrights Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Wrights Creek properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 134 Wrights Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Wrights Creek at a glance

Parcels 139 Median lot 48,368 m² Mapped easements 23 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 3%

Schools in and near Wrights Creek

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

0

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 1.43 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 1.43 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 Wrights Creek is zoned

Rural 31%
Conservation 26%
Special Purpose 19%
Cairns South State Development 19%
Emerging Community 6%
Open Space 0%

Selling in Wrights 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 22.75 km², Wrights Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 9% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 48,368 m² across 139 parcels.

Who lives in Wrights Creek

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wrights Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
160
usual residents, 2021
Median age
41
years
Median household income
$2,607
per week, Cairns Regional suburb typical $1,618
Median rent
$300
per week, Cairns Regional suburb typical $315
Median mortgage
$1,469
per month
Household size
2.8
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1018, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Wrights Creek's 160 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 8.9%
5-14 12.0%
15-19 5.7%
20-24 4.4%
25-34 10.1%
35-44 16.5%
45-54 13.9%
55-64 12.0%
65-74 10.1%
75-84 4.4%
85+ 1.9%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Gordonvale - Trinity, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wrights Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wrights Creek itself.

6,364 in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.

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.

Wrights Creek data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 10 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 Wrights 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.

Published flood models are held over parts of Wrights 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 (+$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 Wrights Creek lot.

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Wrights Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Wrights Creek flood-prone?

About 100% of Wrights Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 55%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 134 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 134 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Wrights Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 9% of Wrights Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cairns Regional average of 23%.

What is the zoning in Wrights Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Wrights Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Special Purpose.

Does Wrights Creek have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Wrights Creek.

Is Wrights Creek hilly or flat?

Wrights Creek is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 37 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Wrights Creek?

Across 139 surveyed parcels in Wrights Creek, the median lot size is about 48,368 m². There are also 23 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Wrights Creek?

At the 2021 Census Wrights Creek had 160 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area, which contains Wrights Creek, went from 6,364 people in 2001 to 11,413 in 2025, up 79%.

Is Wrights Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wrights Creek scores 1018 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Wrights Creek?

Median household income in Wrights Creek was $2,607 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,618 for the typical suburb in Cairns Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,469 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Packers Camp 2.6 km 100% 10%
Edmonton 3.7 km 78% 22%
White Rock 4.8 km 93% 9%
Bentley Park 5.5 km 50% 37%
Mount Sheridan 5.7 km 41% 31%
Green Hill 6.0 km 47% 25%
Mount Peter 6.1 km 100% 47%
Portsmith 6.5 km 100% 1%
Woree 7.2 km 74% 28%
Gordonvale 8.1 km 87% 22%

See all Cairns Regional suburb profiles →