Berrinba flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Berrinba
(Logan City, QLD) - 5.86 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
5.86 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Berrinba's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Berrinba properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,119 Berrinba properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,119 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Berrinba.
Berrinba flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,119 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Berrinba; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
191 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 2022: 185
- Historic Flood 2017: 147
Mapped overland flow
448 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 448
Source: Logan 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.
Berrinba at a glance
Schools in and near Berrinba
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 1 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 Berrinba is zoned
Selling in Berrinba? 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 5.86 km², Berrinba is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 56% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 61% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Mixed Use. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 558 m² across 993 parcels.
Who lives in Berrinba
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Berrinba 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 933, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Berrinba's 2,615 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Browns Plains, the wider ABS statistical area containing Berrinba. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Berrinba itself.
5,564 in 2001 to 9,517 in 2025, up 71%.
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.
Berrinba property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Browns Plains, the wider statistical area containing Berrinba. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 135 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 116 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.
Berrinba 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) |
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 Berrinba 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 over parts of Berrinba. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Berrinba lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Berrinba planning - frequently asked
Is Berrinba flood-prone?
About 56% of Berrinba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Across the suburb, 42% of the 1,119 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 235 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Berrinba bushfire-prone?
Around 61% of Berrinba is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Logan City average of 54%.
What is the zoning in Berrinba?
The dominant planning zone in Berrinba is Mixed Use, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Low Density Residential.
Does Berrinba have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Berrinba.
Is Berrinba hilly or flat?
Berrinba is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 14 m to 33 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Berrinba?
Across 993 surveyed parcels in Berrinba, the median lot size is about 558 m². There are also 179 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Berrinba have a train station?
There is no train station inside Berrinba itself. The suburb is served by 9 bus stops.
What is the population of Berrinba?
At the 2021 Census Berrinba had 2,615 usual residents, with a median age of 27 and an average household size of 3.5 people. The wider Browns Plains statistical area, which contains Berrinba, went from 5,564 people in 2001 to 9,517 in 2025, up 71%.
Is Berrinba an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Berrinba scores 933 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 Berrinba?
Median household income in Berrinba was $1,826 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,924 for the typical suburb in Logan City. Median rent was $410 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsden | 2.4 km | 58% | 14% |
| Browns Plains | 2.6 km | 41% | 31% |
| Drewvale Brisbane City |
2.7 km | 29% | 76% |
| Crestmead | 2.9 km | 37% | 15% |
| Heritage Park | 3.0 km | 34% | 50% |
| Karawatha Brisbane City |
3.1 km | 37% | 93% |
| Kingston | 3.1 km | 60% | 27% |
| Logan Central | 3.5 km | 27% | 13% |
| Stretton Brisbane City |
4.0 km | 25% | 66% |
| Regents Park | 4.0 km | 30% | 14% |