Bracalba flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bracalba
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 24.25 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.
Constraint readout
24.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bracalba's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Bracalba properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 69 Bracalba properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 69 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Bracalba.
Bracalba flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 69 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Bracalba; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
57 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 57
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.
Bracalba at a glance
Schools in and near Bracalba
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: 1.32 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.61 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 Bracalba is zoned
Selling in Bracalba? 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 24.25 km², Bracalba is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 165,430 m² across 63 parcels.
Recent development applications in Bracalba
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
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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Bracalba
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bracalba 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 1030, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bracalba's 97 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bracalba. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bracalba itself.
5,598 in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.
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.
Bracalba property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider statistical area containing Bracalba. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 192 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.
Bracalba 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) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Moreton Bay Regional 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 Bracalba 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 Bracalba. 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 Bracalba lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Bracalba planning - frequently asked
Is Bracalba flood-prone?
About 16% of Bracalba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 45% of the 69 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 29 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Bracalba bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Bracalba is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Bracalba?
The dominant planning zone in Bracalba is Rural, though the suburb also includes Extractive industry and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Bracalba have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bracalba.
Is Bracalba hilly or flat?
Bracalba is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 39% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 50 m to 218 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Bracalba?
Across 63 surveyed parcels in Bracalba, the median lot size is about 165,430 m². There are also 24 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Bracalba have a train station?
There is no train station inside Bracalba itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Bracalba?
At the 2021 Census Bracalba had 97 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Woodford - D'Aguilar statistical area, which contains Bracalba, went from 5,598 people in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.
Is Bracalba an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bracalba scores 1030 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bracalba?
Median household income in Bracalba was $2,250 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $550 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamuran | 4.2 km | 27% | 78% |
| D'Aguilar | 4.3 km | 26% | 74% |
| Wamuran Basin | 5.2 km | 10% | 99% |
| Delaneys Creek | 6.2 km | 18% | 83% |
| Woodford | 8.1 km | 38% | 84% |
| Campbells Pocket | 8.6 km | 9% | 99% |
| Moodlu | 9.3 km | 46% | 89% |
| Bellmere | 10.3 km | 58% | 62% |
| Waraba | 10.4 km | 12% | 96% |
| Corymbia | 10.6 km | 14% | 100% |