Albany Creek flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Albany Creek
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 9.67 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
9.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Albany Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Albany 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 6,860 Albany Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 6,860 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Albany Creek.
Albany Creek flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 6,860 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Albany Creek; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
1,140 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 1,140
Source: Moreton Bay Regional Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Albany Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Albany 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
4 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 Albany Creek is zoned
Selling in Albany 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 9.67 km², Albany Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 41% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 25% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 730 m² across 6,378 parcels.
Recent development applications in Albany Creek
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Moreton Bay Regional Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 10 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 23 (17% higher in the latest period).
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Albany Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Albany Creek 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 1069, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Albany Creek's 16,385 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Albany Creek, the wider ABS statistical area containing Albany Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Albany Creek itself.
15,143 in 2001 to 17,369 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Albany Creek property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Albany Creek, the wider statistical area containing Albany Creek. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 199 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 130 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Albany Creek 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Moreton Bay Regional Council |
Profile last materially updated 12 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 Albany 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 here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 2,100 Albany Creek addresses (+$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 Albany Creek lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Albany Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Albany Creek flood-prone?
About 41% of Albany Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 36% of the 6,860 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 2135 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Albany Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 25% of Albany Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Albany Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Albany Creek is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Albany Creek have heritage-listed places?
Albany Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Albany Creek hilly or flat?
Albany Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 14 m to 59 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Albany Creek?
Across 6,378 surveyed parcels in Albany Creek, the median lot size is about 730 m². There are also 1,136 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Albany Creek have a train station?
There is no train station inside Albany Creek itself. The suburb is served by 53 bus stops.
What is the population of Albany Creek?
At the 2021 Census Albany Creek had 16,385 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Albany Creek statistical area, which contains Albany Creek, went from 15,143 people in 2001 to 17,369 in 2025, up 15%.
Is Albany Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Albany Creek scores 1069 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Albany Creek?
Median household income in Albany Creek was $2,267 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $440 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,037 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeman Downs Brisbane City |
2.5 km | 21% | 36% |
| Eatons Hill | 3.3 km | 27% | 40% |
| Bunya | 3.4 km | 20% | 85% |
| Brendale | 3.5 km | 77% | 12% |
| McDowall Brisbane City |
4.0 km | 17% | 45% |
| Everton Hills | 4.1 km | 22% | 14% |
| Arana Hills | 4.8 km | 26% | 19% |
| Warner | 4.9 km | 23% | 48% |
| Carseldine Brisbane City |
4.9 km | 34% | 15% |
| Aspley Brisbane City |
5.0 km | 30% | 16% |