Eastern Heights flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Eastern Heights
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 1.7 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.7 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Eastern Heights's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Eastern Heights properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,706 Eastern Heights properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,706 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Eastern Heights.
Eastern Heights at a glance
Schools in and near Eastern Heights
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: 0.13 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.55 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 Eastern Heights is zoned
Selling in Eastern Heights? 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 1.7 km², Eastern Heights is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 4 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 688 m² across 1,572 parcels.
Who lives in Eastern Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Eastern Heights 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 930, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Eastern Heights's 3,631 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ipswich - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Eastern Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Eastern Heights itself.
16,311 in 2001 to 19,056 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
Eastern Heights property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Ipswich - East, the wider statistical area containing Eastern Heights. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 452 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 62 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.
Eastern Heights 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) |
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 Eastern Heights 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 over parts of Eastern Heights. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Eastern Heights lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Eastern Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Eastern Heights flood-prone?
About 15% of Eastern Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 21% of the 1,706 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 110 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Eastern Heights bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Eastern Heights and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Ipswich City average is 51%).
What is the zoning in Eastern Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Eastern Heights is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Character residential and Low-medium density residential.
Does Eastern Heights have heritage-listed places?
Eastern Heights has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Eastern Heights hilly or flat?
Eastern Heights is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 30 m to 73 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Eastern Heights?
Across 1,572 surveyed parcels in Eastern Heights, the median lot size is about 688 m². There are also 89 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Eastern Heights have a train station?
There is no train station inside Eastern Heights itself. The suburb is served by 17 bus stops.
What is the population of Eastern Heights?
At the 2021 Census Eastern Heights had 3,631 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Ipswich - East statistical area, which contains Eastern Heights, went from 16,311 people in 2001 to 19,056 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Eastern Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Eastern Heights scores 930 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Eastern Heights?
Median household income in Eastern Heights was $1,370 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 1.1 km | 43% | 0% |
| Silkstone | 1.1 km | 40% | 9% |
| Raceview | 1.4 km | 64% | 12% |
| Ipswich | 1.6 km | 60% | 7% |
| Booval | 2.0 km | 70% | 0% |
| East Ipswich | 2.2 km | 94% | <1% |
| Blackstone | 2.5 km | 45% | 84% |
| Churchill | 2.8 km | 78% | 34% |
| Basin Pocket | 2.8 km | 100% | 0% |
| West Ipswich | 2.8 km | 84% | 32% |