Deception Bay flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Deception Bay
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 19.18 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
19.18 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Deception Bay's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Deception Bay properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 8,758 Deception Bay properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 8,758 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Deception Bay.
Deception Bay flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 8,758 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Deception Bay; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
1,269 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 1,269
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.
Deception Bay at a glance
Schools in and near Deception Bay
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
4 schools providing primary years and 6 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 Deception Bay is zoned
Selling in Deception Bay? 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 19.18 km², Deception Bay is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 52% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 38% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 618 m² across 8,181 parcels.
Recent development applications in Deception Bay
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: 18 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 35 (43% higher 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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Deception Bay
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Deception Bay 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 874, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Deception Bay's 19,573 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Deception Bay, the wider ABS statistical area containing Deception Bay. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Deception Bay itself.
16,838 in 2001 to 25,304 in 2025, up 50%.
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.
Deception Bay property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Deception Bay, the wider statistical area containing Deception Bay. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 405 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 135 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.
Deception Bay 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 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 Deception Bay 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 Deception Bay 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 Deception Bay lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Deception Bay planning - frequently asked
Is Deception Bay flood-prone?
About 52% of Deception Bay falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 31% of the 8,758 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1895 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Deception Bay bushfire-prone?
Around 38% of Deception Bay is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Deception Bay?
The dominant planning zone in Deception Bay is General residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Rural.
Does Deception Bay have heritage-listed places?
Deception Bay has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Deception Bay hilly or flat?
Deception Bay is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 22 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Deception Bay?
Across 8,181 surveyed parcels in Deception Bay, the median lot size is about 618 m². There are also 457 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Deception Bay have a train station?
There is no train station inside Deception Bay itself. The suburb is served by 47 bus stops.
What is the population of Deception Bay?
At the 2021 Census Deception Bay had 19,573 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Deception Bay statistical area, which contains Deception Bay, went from 16,838 people in 2001 to 25,304 in 2025, up 50%.
Is Deception Bay an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Deception Bay scores 874 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Deception Bay?
Median household income in Deception Bay was $1,270 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $325 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burpengary East | 4.5 km | 72% | 44% |
| North Lakes | 5.0 km | 27% | 18% |
| Dakabin | 5.0 km | 23% | 58% |
| Rothwell | 5.6 km | 80% | 30% |
| Burpengary | 6.3 km | 39% | 33% |
| Kallangur | 7.4 km | 24% | 18% |
| Mango Hill | 7.5 km | 72% | 41% |
| Beachmere | 8.1 km | 100% | 63% |
| Narangba | 8.2 km | 23% | 60% |
| Kurwongbah | 8.4 km | 29% | 84% |