Draper flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Draper
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 9.54 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
9.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Draper's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Draper properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 278 Draper properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 278 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Draper.
Draper flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 278 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Draper; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
215 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 215
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.
Draper at a glance
Schools in and near Draper
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: 2.30 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.83 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 Draper is zoned
Selling in Draper? 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 9.54 km², Draper is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 77% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural residential. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 19,998 m² across 281 parcels.
Recent development applications in Draper
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: 24 June 2026.
Previous 12 months: 5 (60% 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Draper
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Draper 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 1110, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Draper's 695 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Samford Valley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Draper. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Draper itself.
8,561 in 2001 to 13,239 in 2025, up 55%.
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.
Draper property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Samford Valley, the wider statistical area containing Draper. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 192 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.
Draper 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 Draper 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 40 Draper 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 Draper lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Draper planning - frequently asked
Is Draper flood-prone?
About 34% of Draper falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 54% of the 278 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 143 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Draper bushfire-prone?
Around 77% of Draper is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Draper?
The dominant planning zone in Draper is Rural residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Recreation and open space.
Does Draper have heritage-listed places?
Draper has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Draper hilly or flat?
Draper is steep: the median ground slope is about 20%, and 70% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 29 m to 105 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Draper?
Across 281 surveyed parcels in Draper, the median lot size is about 19,998 m². There are also 65 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Draper?
At the 2021 Census Draper had 695 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Samford Valley statistical area, which contains Draper, went from 8,561 people in 2001 to 13,239 in 2025, up 55%.
Is Draper an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Draper scores 1110 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 Draper?
Median household income in Draper was $3,073 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $500 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunya | 2.1 km | 20% | 85% |
| Eatons Hill | 2.9 km | 27% | 40% |
| Samford Village | 3.6 km | 52% | 22% |
| Ferny Hills | 3.8 km | 11% | 75% |
| Yugar | 4.7 km | 18% | 79% |
| Clear Mountain | 5.1 km | 14% | 96% |
| Ferny Grove Brisbane City |
5.1 km | 21% | 48% |
| Albany Creek | 5.1 km | 41% | 25% |
| Arana Hills | 5.4 km | 26% | 19% |
| Camp Mountain | 5.8 km | 19% | 72% |