Bray Park flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Bray Park (Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 4.5 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Bray Park properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,013 Bray Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Bray Park flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 4,013 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Bray Park; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Mapped overland flow

14.8%

593 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 593

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.

Bray Park at a glance

Parcels 3,905 Median lot 615 m² Mapped easements 312 Bus stops 60 Schools in suburb 5

Schools in and near Bray Park

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

5

3 schools providing primary years and 3 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 Bray Park is zoned

General residential 78%
Recreation and open space 20%
Centre 1%
Limited development 0%
Environmental management and conservation 0%
Community facilities 0%

Selling in Bray Park? 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 4.5 km², Bray Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 52% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 615 m² across 3,905 parcels.

Recent development applications in Bray Park

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

9

Latest included submission: 19 August 2026.

Previous 12 months: 14 (36% 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Bray Park

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

Population
10,271
usual residents, 2021
Median age
37
years
Median household income
$1,736
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $1,827
Median rent
$390
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $363
Median mortgage
$1,668
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 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 950, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bray Park's 10,271 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.2%
5-14 14.5%
15-19 6.7%
20-24 5.9%
25-34 13.3%
35-44 15.0%
45-54 12.4%
55-64 10.2%
65-74 10.0%
75-84 4.0%
85+ 1.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

8,971 in 2001 to 10,810 in 2025, up 20%.

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.

Bray Park property market snapshot

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

House sales

$921,000

Median sale price from 167 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$864,550

Median sale price from 32 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.

Bray Park 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 totalsMoreton Bay Regional Council

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 Bray Park 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 1,200 Bray Park 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 Bray Park lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Bray Park planning - frequently asked

Is Bray Park flood-prone?

About 52% of Bray Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 47% of the 4,013 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1419 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Bray Park bushfire-prone?

Around 5% of Bray Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.

What is the zoning in Bray Park?

The dominant planning zone in Bray Park is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Centre.

Does Bray Park have heritage-listed places?

Bray Park has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Bray Park hilly or flat?

Bray Park is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 13 m to 35 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Bray Park?

Across 3,905 surveyed parcels in Bray Park, the median lot size is about 615 m². There are also 312 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bray Park have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bray Park itself. The suburb is served by 60 bus stops.

What is the population of Bray Park?

At the 2021 Census Bray Park had 10,271 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Bray Park statistical area, which contains Bray Park, went from 8,971 people in 2001 to 10,810 in 2025, up 20%.

Is Bray Park an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bray Park scores 950 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 Bray Park?

Median household income in Bray Park was $1,736 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,668 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Strathpine 1.5 km 70% 23%
Lawnton 1.6 km 80% 14%
Warner 2.9 km 23% 48%
Petrie 3.4 km 45% 23%
Brendale 3.5 km 77% 12%
Joyner 3.6 km 54% 52%
Murrumba Downs 4.7 km 37% 10%
Bald Hills
Brisbane City
4.9 km 75% 10%
Kallangur 5.8 km 24% 18%
Eatons Hill 6.1 km 27% 40%

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