Aspley flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Aspley (Brisbane City, QLD) - 6.49 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 16 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Aspley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Aspley properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 5,904 Aspley properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Aspley flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 5,904 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Aspley; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

9.9%

582 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • February 2022: 582

Mapped overland flow

15.5%

916 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 220
  • Medium: 612
  • High: 35
  • Affected: 49

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.

Aspley at a glance

Parcels 5,145 Median lot 621 m² Mapped easements 465 Bus stops 68 Schools in suburb 6

Schools in and near Aspley

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

6

3 schools providing primary years and 2 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 Aspley is zoned

Low density residential 59%
Sport and recreation (Metropolitan) 8%
Education purposes 7%
District centre (District) 6%
Emerging community 6%
Open space (District) 6%

Selling in Aspley? 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 6.49 km², Aspley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 621 m² across 5,145 parcels.

Recent development applications in Aspley

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

30

Latest included submission: 17 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 20 (50% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 5
  • Reconfiguring a lot: 11

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 Aspley

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Aspley suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
12,871
usual residents, 2021
Median age
43
years
Median household income
$1,818
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$415
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,000
per month
Household size
2.4
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1050, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Aspley's 12,871 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.1%
5-14 11.7%
15-19 5.4%
20-24 5.1%
25-34 11.1%
35-44 13.3%
45-54 12.8%
55-64 11.8%
65-74 10.8%
75-84 8.4%
85+ 4.6%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Aspley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Aspley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Aspley itself.

11,880 in 2001 to 13,789 in 2025, up 16%.

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.

Aspley property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Aspley, the wider statistical area containing Aspley. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$1,285,000

Median sale price from 181 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$825,000

Median sale price from 58 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.

Aspley data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Market statisticsAvailable at SA2 levelQueensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO)
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsBrisbane City Council

Profile last materially updated 16 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 Aspley 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 5,900 Aspley 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 Aspley lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Aspley planning - frequently asked

Is Aspley flood-prone?

About 30% of Aspley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 16% of the 5,904 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 454 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Aspley bushfire-prone?

Around 16% of Aspley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Aspley?

The dominant planning zone in Aspley is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Sport and recreation (Metropolitan) and Education purposes.

Does Aspley have heritage-listed places?

Aspley has 9 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Aspley hilly or flat?

Aspley is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 18 m to 57 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Aspley?

Across 5,145 surveyed parcels in Aspley, the median lot size is about 621 m². There are also 465 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Aspley have a train station?

There is no train station inside Aspley itself. The suburb is served by 68 bus stops.

What is the population of Aspley?

At the 2021 Census Aspley had 12,871 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Aspley statistical area, which contains Aspley, went from 11,880 people in 2001 to 13,789 in 2025, up 16%.

Is Aspley an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Aspley scores 1050 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 Aspley?

Median household income in Aspley was $1,818 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $415 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Chermside West 2.2 km 18% 27%
Carseldine 2.2 km 34% 15%
Zillmere 2.4 km 29% <1%
Chermside 2.7 km 28% 0%
Bridgeman Downs 2.8 km 21% 36%
McDowall 3.0 km 17% 45%
Geebung 3.0 km 39% 0%
Fitzgibbon 3.1 km 70% 22%
Stafford Heights 3.6 km 13% 8%
Taigum 4.0 km 36% 0%

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