Eight Mile Plains flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Eight Mile Plains
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 7.79 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
7.79 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Eight Mile Plains's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Eight Mile Plains properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 6,999 Eight Mile Plains properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 6,999 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Eight Mile Plains.
Eight Mile Plains flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 6,999 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Eight Mile Plains; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
179 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 179
Mapped overland flow
647 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 149
- Medium: 220
- High: 160
- Affected: 118
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.
Eight Mile Plains at a glance
Schools in and near Eight Mile Plains
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.47 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 Eight Mile Plains is zoned
Selling in Eight Mile Plains? 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 7.79 km², Eight Mile Plains is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 24% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 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 621 m² across 6,040 parcels.
Recent development applications in Eight Mile Plains
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: 18 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 42 (7% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 8
- Reconfiguring a lot: 8
- Building work: 5
- Operational work: 13
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 Eight Mile Plains
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Eight Mile Plains 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 1041, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Eight Mile Plains's 15,326 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Eight Mile Plains, the wider ABS statistical area containing Eight Mile Plains. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Eight Mile Plains itself.
11,083 in 2001 to 16,789 in 2025, up 51%.
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.
Eight Mile Plains property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Eight Mile Plains, the wider statistical area containing Eight Mile Plains. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 114 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 95 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.
Eight Mile Plains 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 Eight Mile Plains 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 6,900 Eight Mile Plains 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 Eight Mile Plains lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Eight Mile Plains planning - frequently asked
Is Eight Mile Plains flood-prone?
About 24% of Eight Mile Plains falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 5% of the 6,999 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 181 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Eight Mile Plains bushfire-prone?
Around 22% of Eight Mile Plains is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Eight Mile Plains?
The dominant planning zone in Eight Mile Plains is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Open space (District) and Emerging community.
Does Eight Mile Plains have heritage-listed places?
Eight Mile Plains has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Eight Mile Plains hilly or flat?
Eight Mile Plains 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 71 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Eight Mile Plains?
Across 6,040 surveyed parcels in Eight Mile Plains, the median lot size is about 621 m². There are also 694 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Eight Mile Plains have a train station?
There is no train station inside Eight Mile Plains itself. The suburb is served by 49 bus stops.
What is the population of Eight Mile Plains?
At the 2021 Census Eight Mile Plains had 15,326 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Eight Mile Plains statistical area, which contains Eight Mile Plains, went from 11,083 people in 2001 to 16,789 in 2025, up 51%.
Is Eight Mile Plains an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Eight Mile Plains scores 1041 and sits in decile 8 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 Eight Mile Plains?
Median household income in Eight Mile Plains was $1,917 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $420 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,803 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runcorn | 2.2 km | 23% | 27% |
| MacGregor | 2.4 km | 24% | 21% |
| Sunnybank | 2.8 km | 26% | 7% |
| Kuraby | 2.8 km | 23% | 49% |
| Upper Mount Gravatt | 2.8 km | 18% | 22% |
| Wishart | 3.0 km | 28% | 21% |
| Robertson | 3.5 km | 13% | 3% |
| Underwood Logan City |
3.7 km | 33% | 9% |
| Sunnybank Hills | 3.8 km | 15% | 9% |
| Rochedale | 4.0 km | 23% | 65% |