Ellen Grove flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Ellen Grove
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 3.41 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
3.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ellen Grove's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Ellen Grove properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,574 Ellen Grove properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,574 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Ellen Grove.
Ellen Grove flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,574 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Ellen Grove; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
38 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 38
Mapped overland flow
104 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 12
- Medium: 25
- Affected: 66
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.
Ellen Grove at a glance
Schools in and near Ellen Grove
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: 0.01 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.50 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 Ellen Grove is zoned
Selling in Ellen Grove? 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 3.41 km², Ellen Grove is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 59% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Emerging community. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 708 m² across 1,465 parcels.
Recent development applications in Ellen Grove
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: 4 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 13 (162% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Operational work: 23
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 Ellen Grove
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ellen Grove 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 851, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ellen Grove's 3,586 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ellen Grove. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ellen Grove itself.
14,091 in 2001 to 24,080 in 2025, up 71%.
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.
Ellen Grove property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, the wider statistical area containing Ellen Grove. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 355 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 117 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.
Ellen Grove 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 Ellen Grove 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 1,500 Ellen Grove 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 Ellen Grove lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Ellen Grove planning - frequently asked
Is Ellen Grove flood-prone?
About 18% of Ellen Grove falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 3% of the 1,574 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 38 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Ellen Grove bushfire-prone?
Around 59% of Ellen Grove is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Ellen Grove?
The dominant planning zone in Ellen Grove is Emerging community, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Special purpose (Utility services).
Does Ellen Grove have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Ellen Grove.
Is Ellen Grove hilly or flat?
Ellen Grove is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 32 m to 65 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Ellen Grove?
Across 1,465 surveyed parcels in Ellen Grove, the median lot size is about 708 m². There are also 80 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ellen Grove have a train station?
There is no train station inside Ellen Grove itself. The suburb is served by 15 bus stops.
What is the population of Ellen Grove?
At the 2021 Census Ellen Grove had 3,586 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Forest Lake - Ellen Grove statistical area, which contains Ellen Grove, went from 14,091 people in 2001 to 24,080 in 2025, up 71%.
Is Ellen Grove an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ellen Grove scores 851 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ellen Grove?
Median household income in Ellen Grove was $1,353 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,491 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carole Park Ipswich City |
1.8 km | 43% | 37% |
| Forest Lake | 2.0 km | 17% | 29% |
| Richlands | 3.1 km | 18% | 3% |
| Inala | 3.5 km | 15% | 5% |
| Camira Ipswich City |
3.5 km | 42% | 60% |
| Gailes Ipswich City |
3.5 km | 85% | 32% |
| Doolandella | 4.1 km | 30% | 66% |
| Wacol | 4.1 km | 63% | 36% |
| Durack | 4.8 km | 44% | 26% |
| Heathwood | 5.2 km | 25% | 46% |