Hull Heads flood & bushfire risk

Of Hull Heads’s 160 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 76.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Hull Heads’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is above the QLD average of 17.2%.

Check a specific Hull Heads address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
76.3%
Of properties in a bushfire area
160
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Hull Heads

Flood and bushfire areas across Hull Heads. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Hull Heads

Hull Heads sits in the Tully police division, which recorded 779 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 779 total. Figures are for the whole Tully police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Hull Heads

Hull Heads can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Hull Heads

At the 2021 Census, 12.6% of Hull Heads’s 127 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English52.8%
Australian35.4%
Irish15.7%
Scottish14.2%
Australian Aboriginal4.7%
Italian4.7%

Top countries of birth

England2.4%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Hull Heads

Cassowary Coast council approved 183 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

183
Dwellings/yr
134
Houses
49
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Cassowary Coast council area (not just Hull Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.