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10 Captain Cook Highway, Machans Beach QLD 4878

Low overall risk

This property is in a mapped flood area

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Flood
Flood-prone
Within a mapped flood-planning area (no likelihood grade assigned).
Bushfire
Clear
Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
No zoning record at this point.
School catchment
3 zones
PrimaryMachans Beach SS
JuniorCairns SHS
SeniorCairns SHS
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Crime

Reported offences around Smithfield

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19,566
offences per 100k — Cairns police division
3,168
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Smithfield police division
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Reported offences in the Smithfield police division over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Cairns council

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1,328
Dwellings/yr
700
Houses
628
Units
07501,5002020202120222023202420252026

New dwellings approved in the 12 months to May 2026, across the whole Cairns council area (not just this address). Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Who lives here

20.1% of Machans Beach’s 943 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

English41.5%
Australian30.5%
Irish14.5%
Scottish13%
Australian Aboriginal6.8%
German5.8%

Top countries of birth

England5%
New Zealand3.6%
PNG1.8%
Germany0.8%
Italy0.7%
China0.6%

Suburb-level profile for Machans Beach, not this specific address. Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

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Indicative only — verify with the relevant council or department before relying on it. Sources: council planning schemes & flood/bushfire overlays, Queensland Government FloodCheck (1% AEP flood) & Floodplain Assessment Overlay, Queensland Department of Education (school catchments), Queensland Police Service (crime, CC BY 4.0), Geoscape G-NAF (addresses).