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Bardon flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bardon (Brisbane City, QLD) - 4.87 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Bardon properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,947 Bardon properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Bardon flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 4,947 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Bardon; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

6.4%

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

  • February 2022: 316

Mapped overland flow

19.0%

939 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 215
  • Medium: 489
  • High: 149
  • Affected: 86

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.

Bardon at a glance

Parcels 4,660 Median lot 500 m² Mapped easements 534 Bus stops 89 Schools in suburb 4 Landslide overlay <1%

Schools in and near Bardon

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

4 schools 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: 0.07 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 Bardon is zoned

Character residential (Character) 40%
Conservation (Metropolitan) 16%
Low density residential 13%
Environmental management 5%
Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) 4%
Conservation (Local) 4%

Selling in Bardon? 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 4.87 km², Bardon is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 19% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 48% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 21 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Character residential (Character). The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 500 m² across 4,660 parcels.

Recent development applications in Bardon

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

90

Latest included submission: 17 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 90 (0% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 13
  • Reconfiguring a lot: 6
  • Building work: 65

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 Bardon

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

Population
10,153
usual residents, 2021
Median age
38
years
Median household income
$3,399
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$500
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,817
per month
Household size
2.8
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 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1162, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bardon's 10,153 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.6%
5-14 16.6%
15-19 6.7%
20-24 6.7%
25-34 9.7%
35-44 15.0%
45-54 16.7%
55-64 10.8%
65-74 7.1%
75-84 3.4%
85+ 1.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

8,445 in 2001 to 11,168 in 2025, up 32%.

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.

Bardon property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,912,000

Median sale price from 195 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$1,172,500

Median sale price from 45 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.

Bardon 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 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 Bardon 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 4,900 Bardon 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 Bardon lot.

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Bardon planning - frequently asked

Is Bardon flood-prone?

About 19% of Bardon falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 12% of the 4,947 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 329 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Bardon bushfire-prone?

Around 48% of Bardon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Bardon?

The dominant planning zone in Bardon is Character residential (Character), though the suburb also includes Conservation (Metropolitan) and Low density residential.

Does Bardon have heritage-listed places?

Bardon has 21 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Bardon hilly or flat?

Bardon is hilly: the median ground slope is about 15%, and 48% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 18 m to 79 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Bardon?

Across 4,660 surveyed parcels in Bardon, the median lot size is about 500 m². There are also 534 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bardon have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bardon itself. The suburb is served by 89 bus stops.

What is the population of Bardon?

At the 2021 Census Bardon had 10,153 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Bardon statistical area, which contains Bardon, went from 8,445 people in 2001 to 11,168 in 2025, up 32%.

Is Bardon an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bardon scores 1162 and sits in decile 10 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 Bardon?

Median household income in Bardon was $3,399 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $500 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,817 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Ashgrove 1.9 km 27% 32%
Paddington 2.2 km 22% 10%
Toowong 2.3 km 32% 35%
Auchenflower 2.4 km 48% 0%
Red Hill 2.4 km 20% 0%
Milton 2.9 km 85% 0%
Mount Coot-tha 3.3 km 9% 100%
Petrie Terrace 3.5 km 16% 0%
Kelvin Grove 3.6 km 24% 0%
The Gap 3.7 km 18% 60%

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