Bulwer flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Bulwer
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 0.41 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
0.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bulwer's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Bulwer at a glance
Schools in and near Bulwer
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: 20.36 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 19.95 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 Bulwer is zoned
Selling in Bulwer? 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 0.41 km², Bulwer is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Township. The median lot measures about 2,025 m² across 77 parcels.
Recent development applications in Bulwer
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
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 Bulwer
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bulwer 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 1023, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bulwer's 59 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moreton Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bulwer. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bulwer itself.
192 in 2001 to 339 in 2025, up 77%.
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.
Bulwer 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 |
| 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 Bulwer 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 Bulwer. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Bulwer lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Bulwer planning - frequently asked
Is Bulwer flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Bulwer and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 40%).
Is Bulwer bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Bulwer is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Bulwer?
The dominant planning zone in Bulwer is Township, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Environmental management.
Does Bulwer have heritage-listed places?
Bulwer has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bulwer?
Across 77 surveyed parcels in Bulwer, the median lot size is about 2,025 m².
What is the population of Bulwer?
At the 2021 Census Bulwer had 59 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 1.8 people. The wider Moreton Island statistical area, which contains Bulwer, went from 192 people in 2001 to 339 in 2025, up 77%.
Is Bulwer an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bulwer scores 1023 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 Bulwer?
Median household income in Bulwer was $1,062 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $225 a week.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Cowan | 5.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Moreton Island | 12.8 km | 2% | 81% |
| Woorim Moreton Bay City |
19.1 km | 58% | 97% |
| Bongaree Moreton Bay City |
20.4 km | 76% | 42% |
| Bellara Moreton Bay City |
22.2 km | 66% | 17% |
| Banksia Beach Moreton Bay City |
23.0 km | 75% | 31% |
| Sandstone Point Moreton Bay City |
23.3 km | 47% | 41% |
| Moreton Bay | 23.5 km | 8% | <1% |
| White Patch Moreton Bay City |
24.9 km | 31% | 52% |
| Godwin Beach Moreton Bay City |
26.7 km | 94% | 67% |