Dutton Park flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Dutton Park
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 1.07 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
1.07 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dutton Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Dutton Park properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,320 Dutton Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,320 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Dutton Park.
Dutton Park flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,320 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Dutton Park; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
36 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- January 2011: 35
- Historic Flood 1974: 34
- February 2022: 31
Mapped overland flow
387 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 41
- Medium: 326
- High: 19
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.
Dutton Park at a glance
Schools in and near Dutton Park
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
2 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 Dutton Park is zoned
Selling in Dutton Park? 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 1.07 km², Dutton Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 32% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 21 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Character residential (Infill housing). The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 613 m² across 1,056 parcels.
Recent development applications in Dutton Park
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
Latest included submission: 2 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 13 (8% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Building work: 11
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 Dutton Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dutton Park 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 1045, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Dutton Park's 2,134 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Fairfield - Dutton Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dutton Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dutton Park itself.
3,499 in 2001 to 5,526 in 2025, up 58%.
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.
Dutton Park property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Fairfield - Dutton Park, the wider statistical area containing Dutton Park. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 58 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 47 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.
Dutton Park 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 | Brisbane 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 Dutton Park 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 1,300 Dutton Park 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 Dutton Park lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Dutton Park planning - frequently asked
Is Dutton Park flood-prone?
About 32% of Dutton Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 3% of the 1,320 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 26 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Dutton Park bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Dutton Park and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Brisbane City average is 27%).
What is the zoning in Dutton Park?
The dominant planning zone in Dutton Park is Character residential (Infill housing), though the suburb also includes Priority Development Area - Part 10 of Brisbane City Plan 2014 and Special purpose (Transport infrastructure).
Does Dutton Park have heritage-listed places?
Dutton Park has 21 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Dutton Park hilly or flat?
Dutton Park is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 10%, and 22% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 15 m to 49 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Dutton Park?
Across 1,056 surveyed parcels in Dutton Park, the median lot size is about 613 m². There are also 67 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Dutton Park have a train station?
Yes - Dutton Park has 1 train station: Park Road station. It is also served by 18 bus stops.
What is the population of Dutton Park?
At the 2021 Census Dutton Park had 2,134 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Fairfield - Dutton Park statistical area, which contains Dutton Park, went from 3,499 people in 2001 to 5,526 in 2025, up 58%.
Is Dutton Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dutton Park scores 1045 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Dutton Park?
Median household income in Dutton Park was $1,739 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,368 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate Hill | 1.1 km | 21% | 0% |
| Woolloongabba | 1.3 km | 39% | 0% |
| Fairfield | 1.3 km | 91% | 0% |
| South Brisbane | 1.8 km | 71% | 0% |
| St Lucia | 2.0 km | 64% | 13% |
| Stones Corner | 2.1 km | 76% | 0% |
| Annerley | 2.1 km | 15% | <1% |
| West End | 2.4 km | 72% | 0% |
| East Brisbane | 2.4 km | 48% | 0% |
| Yeronga | 2.5 km | 74% | <1% |