Elimbah zoning & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Elimbah
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 100.09 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
100.09 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - the flood share could not be calculated for it, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Elimbah's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Elimbah properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,643 Elimbah properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,643 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Elimbah.
Elimbah flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,643 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Elimbah; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
560 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 560
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.
Elimbah at a glance
Schools in and near Elimbah
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
1 school 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: 1.46 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 Elimbah is zoned
Selling in Elimbah? 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 100.09 km², Elimbah is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 86% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 3,646 m² across 1,650 parcels.
Recent development applications in Elimbah
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: 12 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 25 (0% 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 Elimbah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Elimbah 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 989, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Elimbah's 4,290 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Elimbah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Elimbah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Elimbah itself.
2,727 in 2001 to 4,645 in 2025, up 70%.
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.
Elimbah property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Elimbah, the wider statistical area containing Elimbah. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 83 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.
Elimbah data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 Elimbah 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 240 Elimbah 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 Elimbah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Elimbah planning - frequently asked
Is Elimbah flood-prone?
We hold flood mapping covering Elimbah, but the share of the suburb it covers could not be calculated for this page - the flood overlays here are too intricate or too overlapping for our area calculation to resolve. That is a limit of our calculation, not a finding about the suburb, and it is neither an all-clear nor a sign of severe flooding. Moreton Bay City publishes the flood mapping for this area, and our free interactive map still checks any individual Elimbah address against it. Across the suburb, 26% of the 1,643 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 271 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Elimbah bushfire-prone?
Around 86% of Elimbah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Elimbah?
The dominant planning zone in Elimbah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Elimbah have heritage-listed places?
Elimbah has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Elimbah hilly or flat?
Elimbah is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 17 m to 52 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Elimbah?
Across 1,650 surveyed parcels in Elimbah, the median lot size is about 3,646 m². There are also 270 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Elimbah have a train station?
Yes - Elimbah has 1 train station: Elimbah station. It is also served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Elimbah?
At the 2021 Census Elimbah had 4,290 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Elimbah statistical area, which contains Elimbah, went from 2,727 people in 2001 to 4,645 in 2025, up 70%.
Is Elimbah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Elimbah scores 989 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Elimbah?
Median household income in Elimbah was $2,183 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $370 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beerburrum Sunshine Coast Regional |
5.2 km | 25% | 70% |
| Caboolture | 7.4 km | 56% | 54% |
| Moodlu | 8.8 km | 46% | 89% |
| Donnybrook | 9.3 km | 84% | 50% |
| Meldale | 10.1 km | 91% | 37% |
| Wamuran | 10.3 km | 27% | 78% |
| Caboolture South | 10.7 km | 80% | 6% |
| Bellmere | 11.1 km | 58% | 62% |
| Glass House Mountains Sunshine Coast Regional |
11.3 km | Not measured | 55% |
| Ningi | 12.6 km | 68% | 75% |