Donnybrook flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Donnybrook
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 24.36 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
24.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Donnybrook's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Donnybrook properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 486 Donnybrook properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 486 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Donnybrook.
Donnybrook flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 486 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Donnybrook; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
48 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 48
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.
Donnybrook at a glance
Schools in and near Donnybrook
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: 4.97 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 8.68 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 Donnybrook is zoned
Selling in Donnybrook? 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 24.36 km², Donnybrook is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 84% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 50% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 800 m² across 429 parcels.
Recent development applications in Donnybrook
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: 10 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 9 (22% 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 Donnybrook
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Donnybrook 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 905, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Donnybrook's 664 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beachmere - Sandstone Point, the wider ABS statistical area containing Donnybrook. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Donnybrook itself.
9,304 in 2001 to 17,733 in 2025, up 91%.
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.
Donnybrook property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Beachmere - Sandstone Point, the wider statistical area containing Donnybrook. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 350 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 56 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.
Donnybrook 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 Donnybrook 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 110 Donnybrook 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 Donnybrook lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Donnybrook planning - frequently asked
Is Donnybrook flood-prone?
About 84% of Donnybrook falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 55% of the 486 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 172 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Donnybrook bushfire-prone?
Around 50% of Donnybrook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Donnybrook?
The dominant planning zone in Donnybrook is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Extractive industry.
Does Donnybrook have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Donnybrook.
Is Donnybrook hilly or flat?
Donnybrook is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 13 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Donnybrook?
Across 429 surveyed parcels in Donnybrook, the median lot size is about 800 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Donnybrook have a train station?
There is no train station inside Donnybrook itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Donnybrook?
At the 2021 Census Donnybrook had 664 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Beachmere - Sandstone Point statistical area, which contains Donnybrook, went from 9,304 people in 2001 to 17,733 in 2025, up 91%.
Is Donnybrook an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Donnybrook scores 905 and sits in decile 2 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 Donnybrook?
Median household income in Donnybrook was $1,130 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $303 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meldale | 3.1 km | 91% | 37% |
| Welsby | 5.6 km | 43% | 91% |
| Toorbul | 5.7 km | 77% | 52% |
| White Patch | 6.9 km | 31% | 52% |
| Ningi | 8.4 km | 68% | 75% |
| Banksia Beach | 8.9 km | 75% | 31% |
| Elimbah | 9.3 km | Not measured | 86% |
| Godwin Beach | 10.2 km | 94% | 67% |
| Beerburrum Sunshine Coast Regional |
10.6 km | 25% | 70% |
| Bellara | 10.7 km | 66% | 17% |