Caboolture South flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Caboolture South
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 4.42 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
4.42 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Caboolture South's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Caboolture South properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,824 Caboolture South properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,824 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Caboolture South.
Caboolture South flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 3,824 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Caboolture South; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
670 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 670
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.
Caboolture South at a glance
Schools in and near Caboolture South
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: 0.56 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.11 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 Caboolture South is zoned
Selling in Caboolture South? 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 4.42 km², Caboolture South is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 80% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 6% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 515 m² across 3,427 parcels.
Recent development applications in Caboolture South
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
Latest included submission: 12 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 26 (38% 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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Caboolture South
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Caboolture South 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 850, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Caboolture South's 7,539 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Caboolture - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Caboolture South. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Caboolture South itself.
11,495 in 2001 to 27,798 in 2025, up 142%.
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.
Caboolture South property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Caboolture - South, the wider statistical area containing Caboolture South. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 437 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 160 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.
Caboolture South 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 Caboolture South 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 1,400 Caboolture South 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 Caboolture South lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Caboolture South planning - frequently asked
Is Caboolture South flood-prone?
About 80% of Caboolture South falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 77% of the 3,824 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 2734 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Caboolture South bushfire-prone?
Around 6% of Caboolture South is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Caboolture South?
The dominant planning zone in Caboolture South is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Limited development.
Does Caboolture South have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Caboolture South.
Is Caboolture South hilly or flat?
Caboolture South is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 16 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Caboolture South?
Across 3,427 surveyed parcels in Caboolture South, the median lot size is about 515 m². There are also 367 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Caboolture South have a train station?
There is no train station inside Caboolture South itself. The suburb is served by 23 bus stops.
What is the population of Caboolture South?
At the 2021 Census Caboolture South had 7,539 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Caboolture - South statistical area, which contains Caboolture South, went from 11,495 people in 2001 to 27,798 in 2025, up 142%.
Is Caboolture South an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Caboolture South scores 850 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Caboolture South?
Median household income in Caboolture South was $1,191 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caboolture | 4.1 km | 56% | 54% |
| Morayfield | 4.6 km | 38% | 47% |
| Lilywood | 5.0 km | 57% | 20% |
| Bellmere | 5.3 km | 58% | 62% |
| Upper Caboolture | 5.6 km | 29% | 57% |
| Moodlu | 5.8 km | 46% | 89% |
| Burpengary | 6.8 km | 39% | 33% |
| Waraba | 6.9 km | 12% | 96% |
| Wagtail Grove | 7.0 km | 38% | 74% |
| Burpengary East | 7.7 km | 72% | 44% |