Archerfield flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Archerfield
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 4.36 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
4.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Archerfield's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Archerfield properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 728 Archerfield properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 728 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Archerfield.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Archerfield
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed aircraft traffic is a separate question from the contour.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
79% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Brisbane City Plan Airport Environs ANEF
Archerfield flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 728 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Archerfield; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
493 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 493
- January 2011: 296
- February 2022: 213
Mapped overland flow
168 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 77
- Medium: 38
- High: 10
- Affected: 43
Source: Brisbane City 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.
Archerfield at a glance
Schools in and near Archerfield
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.35 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.73 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 Archerfield is zoned
Selling in Archerfield? 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 4.36 km², Archerfield is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 85% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 1% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Special purpose (Airport). The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 622 m² across 659 parcels.
Recent development applications in Archerfield
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Brisbane City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 Archerfield
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Archerfield 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 946, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Archerfield's 533 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, the wider ABS statistical area containing Archerfield. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Archerfield itself.
8,802 in 2001 to 10,061 in 2025, up 14%.
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.
Archerfield property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, the wider statistical area containing Archerfield. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 173 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 51 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.
Archerfield 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 | Brisbane City 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 Archerfield 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 720 Archerfield 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 Archerfield lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Archerfield planning - frequently asked
Is Archerfield flood-prone?
About 85% of Archerfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 83% of the 728 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 230 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Archerfield bushfire-prone?
Around 1% of Archerfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
Is Archerfield affected by aircraft noise?
About 79% of Archerfield sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 30 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
What is the zoning in Archerfield?
The dominant planning zone in Archerfield is Special purpose (Airport), though the suburb also includes General industry A and General industry B.
Does Archerfield have heritage-listed places?
Archerfield has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Archerfield hilly or flat?
Archerfield is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 21 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Archerfield?
Across 659 surveyed parcels in Archerfield, the median lot size is about 622 m². There are also 120 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Archerfield have a train station?
There is no train station inside Archerfield itself. The suburb is served by 19 bus stops.
What is the population of Archerfield?
At the 2021 Census Archerfield had 533 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Rocklea - Acacia Ridge statistical area, which contains Archerfield, went from 8,802 people in 2001 to 10,061 in 2025, up 14%.
Is Archerfield an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Archerfield scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Archerfield?
Median household income in Archerfield was $1,409 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $343 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocklea | 1.8 km | 100% | 8% |
| Acacia Ridge | 2.2 km | 40% | 3% |
| Coopers Plains | 2.6 km | 58% | 8% |
| Willawong | 2.8 km | 76% | 35% |
| Salisbury | 2.8 km | 30% | 16% |
| Durack | 3.5 km | 44% | 26% |
| Oxley | 3.7 km | 59% | 25% |
| Corinda | 3.7 km | 54% | 27% |
| Moorooka | 3.9 km | 27% | 13% |
| Yeerongpilly | 4.0 km | 81% | 0% |