Bellmere flood map & planning overlays
At a median 34, Bellmere ranks joint 8th-youngest in Moreton Bay City.
Most lots here are flood-mapped. The free check shows how much of one lot the overlay covers, and the modelled depth where a flood study reaches it.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Bellmere
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 14.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
14.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bellmere's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bellmere properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,550 analysed Bellmere properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,550 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bellmere.
Bellmere flood history and overland flow
Suburb-wide totals across 2,550 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
502 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 502
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bellmere
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Bellmere at a glance
Schools in and near Bellmere
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 0.97 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Bellmere address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Bellmere is zoned
Selling in Bellmere? 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 14.75 km², Bellmere is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 58% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 62% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Emerging community. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 651 m² across 2,532 parcels.
Recent development applications in Bellmere
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: 15 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 26 (8% lower 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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Bellmere
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bellmere 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 895, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bellmere's 6,588 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wamuran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bellmere. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bellmere itself.
2,722 in 2001 to 4,522 in 2025, up 66%.
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.
Bellmere property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Wamuran, the wider statistical area containing Bellmere. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 74 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.
Bellmere 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 7 November 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 Bellmere 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 93% of Bellmere. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 530 Bellmere 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Bellmere lot.
Bellmere planning - frequently asked
Is Bellmere flood-prone?
About 58% of Bellmere falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 90% of the 2,550 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 2244 rated high risk or historically affected. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 530 Bellmere addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Bellmere bushfire-prone?
Around 62% of Bellmere is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
Is Bellmere under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 93% of Bellmere, and over about 98% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 24 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Bellmere?
The dominant planning zone in Bellmere is Emerging community, though the suburb also includes General residential and Rural residential.
Does Bellmere have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bellmere.
Is Bellmere hilly or flat?
Bellmere is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 12 m to 26 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bellmere?
Across 2,532 surveyed parcels in Bellmere, the median lot size is about 651 m². There are also 470 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Bellmere have a train station?
There is no train station inside Bellmere itself. The suburb is served by 16 bus stops.
What is the population of Bellmere?
At the 2021 Census Bellmere had 6,588 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Wamuran statistical area, which contains Bellmere, went from 2,722 people in 2001 to 4,522 in 2025, up 66%.
Is Bellmere an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bellmere scores 895 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bellmere?
Median household income in Bellmere was $1,448 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,560 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waraba | 2.3 km | 12% | 96% |
| Moodlu | 2.4 km | 46% | 89% |
| Lilywood | 2.8 km | 57% | 20% |
| Wagtail Grove | 3.4 km | 38% | 74% |
| Corymbia | 3.8 km | 14% | 100% |
| Upper Caboolture | 4.6 km | 29% | 57% |
| Greenstone | 5.1 km | 27% | 99% |
| Caboolture South | 5.3 km | 80% | 6% |
| Wamuran | 6.3 km | 27% | 78% |
| Morayfield | 7.1 km | 38% | 47% |