Arana Hills flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Arana Hills
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 3.71 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
3.71 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Arana Hills's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Arana Hills properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,111 Arana Hills properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,111 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Arana Hills.
Arana Hills flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 3,111 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Arana Hills; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
485 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 485
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.
Arana Hills at a glance
Schools in and near Arana Hills
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
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.29 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 Arana Hills is zoned
Selling in Arana Hills? 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 3.71 km², Arana Hills is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 19% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 642 m² across 3,103 parcels.
Recent development applications in Arana Hills
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: 17 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 12 (8% 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Arana Hills
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Arana Hills 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 1058, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Arana Hills's 6,971 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of The Hills District, the wider ABS statistical area containing Arana Hills. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Arana Hills itself.
22,002 in 2001 to 26,166 in 2025, up 19%.
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.
Arana Hills property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for The Hills District, the wider statistical area containing Arana Hills. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 342 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 98 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.
Arana Hills 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 19 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 Arana Hills 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 3,100 Arana Hills 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 Arana Hills lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Arana Hills planning - frequently asked
Is Arana Hills flood-prone?
About 26% of Arana Hills falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 9% of the 3,111 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 244 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Arana Hills bushfire-prone?
Around 19% of Arana Hills is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Arana Hills?
The dominant planning zone in Arana Hills is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Limited development.
Does Arana Hills have heritage-listed places?
Arana Hills has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Arana Hills hilly or flat?
Arana Hills is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 27% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 44 m to 104 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Arana Hills?
Across 3,103 surveyed parcels in Arana Hills, the median lot size is about 642 m². There are also 435 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Arana Hills have a train station?
There is no train station inside Arana Hills itself. The suburb is served by 37 bus stops.
What is the population of Arana Hills?
At the 2021 Census Arana Hills had 6,971 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider The Hills District statistical area, which contains Arana Hills, went from 22,002 people in 2001 to 26,166 in 2025, up 19%.
Is Arana Hills an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Arana Hills scores 1058 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 Arana Hills?
Median household income in Arana Hills was $2,227 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 $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everton Hills | 1.6 km | 22% | 14% |
| Keperra Brisbane City |
2.0 km | 24% | 34% |
| Mitchelton Brisbane City |
2.6 km | 31% | 23% |
| Ferny Grove Brisbane City |
2.7 km | 21% | 48% |
| Ferny Hills | 3.0 km | 11% | 75% |
| Everton Park Brisbane City |
3.4 km | 25% | 17% |
| Bunya | 3.7 km | 20% | 85% |
| Gaythorne Brisbane City |
3.8 km | 22% | 5% |
| Enoggera Brisbane City |
4.1 km | 20% | 62% |
| McDowall Brisbane City |
4.2 km | 17% | 45% |