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Camp Hill flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Camp Hill (Brisbane City, QLD) - 4.8 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Camp Hill properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 6,039 Camp Hill properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Camp Hill flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 6,039 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Camp Hill; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

1.1%

65 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Historic Flood 1974: 65
  • February 2022: 8

Mapped overland flow

18.3%

1,106 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 184
  • Medium: 671
  • High: 84
  • Affected: 167

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.

Camp Hill at a glance

Parcels 5,542 Median lot 503 m² Mapped easements 582 Bus stops 50 Schools in suburb 5

Schools in and near Camp Hill

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 2 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 Camp Hill is zoned

Low density residential 33%
Character residential (Character) 23%
Conservation (District) 12%
Character residential (Infill housing) 12%
Sport and recreation (District) 8%
Education purposes 7%

Selling in Camp Hill? 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 4.8 km², Camp Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 18 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 503 m² across 5,542 parcels.

Recent development applications in Camp Hill

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

83

Latest included submission: 18 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 92 (10% lower in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 22
  • Reconfiguring a lot: 14
  • Building work: 58

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 Camp Hill

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

Population
12,254
usual residents, 2021
Median age
35
years
Median household income
$3,085
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$460
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,600
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 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1135, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Camp Hill's 12,254 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.2%
5-14 15.0%
15-19 6.6%
20-24 6.6%
25-34 13.1%
35-44 16.7%
45-54 16.5%
55-64 9.3%
65-74 5.3%
75-84 2.5%
85+ 1.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

9,511 in 2001 to 13,067 in 2025, up 37%.

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.

Camp Hill property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,900,000

Median sale price from 246 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$990,000

Median sale price from 44 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.

Camp Hill 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 totalsBrisbane 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 Camp Hill 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 6,000 Camp Hill 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 Camp Hill lot.

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Camp Hill planning - frequently asked

Is Camp Hill flood-prone?

About 14% of Camp Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 3% of the 6,039 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 25 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Camp Hill bushfire-prone?

Around 22% of Camp Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Camp Hill?

The dominant planning zone in Camp Hill is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Conservation (District).

Does Camp Hill have heritage-listed places?

Camp Hill has 18 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Camp Hill hilly or flat?

Camp Hill is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 7 m to 55 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Camp Hill?

Across 5,542 surveyed parcels in Camp Hill, the median lot size is about 503 m². There are also 582 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Camp Hill have a train station?

There is no train station inside Camp Hill itself. The suburb is served by 50 bus stops.

What is the population of Camp Hill?

At the 2021 Census Camp Hill had 12,254 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Camp Hill statistical area, which contains Camp Hill, went from 9,511 people in 2001 to 13,067 in 2025, up 37%.

Is Camp Hill an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Camp Hill scores 1135 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 Camp Hill?

Median household income in Camp Hill was $3,085 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $460 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Coorparoo 1.7 km 35% 4%
Seven Hills 1.9 km 11% 45%
Carina Heights 1.9 km 16% 59%
Holland Park 2.5 km 14% 10%
Carina 2.5 km 33% 11%
Norman Park 2.6 km 47% 1%
Stones Corner 3.0 km 76% 0%
Greenslopes 3.2 km 25% 13%
Cannon Hill 3.2 km 44% 24%
East Brisbane 3.4 km 48% 0%

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