Brookfield flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Brookfield
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 20.65 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
20.65 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brookfield's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Brookfield properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,389 Brookfield properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,389 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Brookfield.
Brookfield flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,389 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Brookfield; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
364 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 351
- Historic Flood 1974: 58
- January 2011: 50
Mapped overland flow
648 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 74
- Medium: 160
- High: 394
- Affected: 20
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.
Brookfield at a glance
Schools in and near Brookfield
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.20 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 Brookfield is zoned
Selling in Brookfield? 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 20.65 km², Brookfield is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 76% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 10 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental management. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 10,000 m² across 1,263 parcels.
Recent development applications in Brookfield
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
Latest included submission: 15 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 14 (14% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 6
- Building work: 7
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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Brookfield
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brookfield 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 1165, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brookfield's 3,640 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Brookfield - Kenmore Hills, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brookfield. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brookfield itself.
6,687 in 2001 to 7,202 in 2025, up 8%.
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.
Brookfield property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Brookfield - Kenmore Hills, the wider statistical area containing Brookfield. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 105 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 10 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.
Brookfield 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 | Brisbane City 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 Brookfield 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 1,300 Brookfield 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 Brookfield lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Brookfield planning - frequently asked
Is Brookfield flood-prone?
About 18% of Brookfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 38% of the 1,389 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 207 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Brookfield bushfire-prone?
Around 76% of Brookfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Brookfield?
The dominant planning zone in Brookfield is Environmental management, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Rural.
Does Brookfield have heritage-listed places?
Brookfield has 10 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Brookfield hilly or flat?
Brookfield is hilly: the median ground slope is about 13%, and 42% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 16 m to 139 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Brookfield?
Across 1,263 surveyed parcels in Brookfield, the median lot size is about 10,000 m². There are also 504 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Brookfield have a train station?
There is no train station inside Brookfield itself. The suburb is served by 16 bus stops.
What is the population of Brookfield?
At the 2021 Census Brookfield had 3,640 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Brookfield - Kenmore Hills statistical area, which contains Brookfield, went from 6,687 people in 2001 to 7,202 in 2025, up 8%.
Is Brookfield an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brookfield scores 1165 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 Brookfield?
Median household income in Brookfield was $3,778 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,798 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenmore Hills | 2.1 km | 18% | 87% |
| Pullenvale | 3.6 km | 17% | 82% |
| Kenmore | 4.2 km | 36% | 46% |
| Chapel Hill | 4.3 km | 20% | 65% |
| Mount Coot-tha | 4.4 km | 9% | 100% |
| Pinjarra Hills | 5.5 km | 53% | 52% |
| Jindalee | 6.0 km | 71% | 19% |
| The Gap | 6.3 km | 18% | 60% |
| Upper Brookfield | 6.7 km | 10% | 98% |
| Mount Ommaney | 6.7 km | 46% | 18% |