322 rural lots across 3,721 ha in Livingstone Shire. Dominant: Residential and farm infrastructure.
How the 322 rural lots in this suburb are classified for agricultural potential — Class A is crop land, Class C is pasture, Class D has no significant agricultural value.
Long-term climate averages across the rural lots in this suburb.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology station records.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Light scattered tree cover — typical of cleared grazing country.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from satellite imagery.
Statutory water-plan coverage and water infrastructure across the 322 rural lots.
Statutory water-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: Queensland water plan areas and the state groundwater (bores) database.
Share of rural lots intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.
Satellite-mapped burnt-area history across rural lots — includes planned burns as well as bushfires.
Source: Queensland Government satellite fire-scar mapping.
Mean distances from rural lots in this suburb to everyday services and transport.
From the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program.
The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in The Caves. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Census snapshot and the official population projection to 2046.
Source: ABS Census · Queensland Government population projections. Whole-suburb figures, not rural-only.
Declared disaster events give a sense of how often this area is affected by flood, fire, storm or drought.
Other rural suburbs in the same council.
Postcode 470xx neighbourhood — different councils, same rural region.
The Caves 4702 contains 322 rural lots covering 3,721 ha. The dominant Agricultural Land Class is Class C (pasture land), and the most common land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. Rural lots are those in a planning-scheme rural zone, plus — in the parts of Queensland where no council scheme is digitised — lots mapped as agricultural or production-forestry land use.
Across rural lots in The Caves 4702: 80% are mapped as bushfire hazard, 100% as flood hazard, and 100% fall in a cyclone zone. Mapped fire history covers 77% of rural lots over the last 20 years.
100% of rural lots in The Caves sit inside a statutory water plan area (Fitzroy Basin), and 0% inside a groundwater management area. The nearest registered bore averages 0.4 km away.
Agricultural Land Class and Strategic Cropping Land come from the Queensland Agricultural Land Audit. Carbon stock is derived from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Biomass product, and vegetation cover from Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover. Land use is from the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program. Hazard, water-plan, fire-history and native-title layers come from the responsible Queensland Government agencies, and lot identity from the Queensland Digital Cadastral Database.
Authoritative government and scientific datasets.
Data updated 2026-07-22. Rural lots are those in a planning-scheme rural zone, plus — in the parts of Queensland where no council scheme is digitised — lots mapped as agricultural or production-forestry land use. Site-specific intelligence per property is available in the AgDSS app.