Everton Hills flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Everton Hills
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 3.29 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
3.29 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Everton Hills's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Everton Hills properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,943 Everton Hills properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,943 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Everton Hills.
Everton Hills flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 2,943 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Everton Hills; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
500 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 500
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.
Everton Hills at a glance
Schools in and near Everton Hills
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 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.02 km from the suburb boundary
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 Everton Hills is zoned
Selling in Everton Hills? 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 3.29 km², Everton Hills is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 14% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 615 m² across 2,961 parcels.
Recent development applications in Everton Hills
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: 16 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 15 (40% 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 Everton Hills
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Everton Hills 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 1064, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Everton Hills's 6,673 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of The Hills District, the wider ABS statistical area containing Everton Hills. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Everton Hills itself.
22,002 in 2001 to 26,166 in 2025, up 19%.
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.
Everton Hills property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for The Hills District, the wider statistical area containing Everton Hills. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 342 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 98 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.
Everton Hills 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 | 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 Everton Hills 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 2,900 Everton Hills 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 Everton Hills lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Everton Hills planning - frequently asked
Is Everton Hills flood-prone?
About 22% of Everton Hills falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 12% of the 2,943 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 297 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Everton Hills bushfire-prone?
Around 14% of Everton Hills is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Everton Hills?
The dominant planning zone in Everton Hills is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Industry.
Does Everton Hills have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Everton Hills.
Is Everton Hills hilly or flat?
Everton Hills is hilly: the median ground slope is about 12%, and 25% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 40 m to 79 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Everton Hills?
Across 2,961 surveyed parcels in Everton Hills, the median lot size is about 615 m². There are also 503 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Everton Hills have a train station?
There is no train station inside Everton Hills itself. The suburb is served by 20 bus stops.
What is the population of Everton Hills?
At the 2021 Census Everton Hills had 6,673 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider The Hills District statistical area, which contains Everton Hills, went from 22,002 people in 2001 to 26,166 in 2025, up 19%.
Is Everton Hills an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Everton Hills scores 1064 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Everton Hills?
Median household income in Everton Hills was $2,335 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $480 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arana Hills | 1.6 km | 26% | 19% |
| Everton Park Brisbane City |
2.1 km | 25% | 17% |
| Mitchelton Brisbane City |
2.3 km | 31% | 23% |
| McDowall Brisbane City |
2.6 km | 17% | 45% |
| Keperra Brisbane City |
2.9 km | 24% | 34% |
| Gaythorne Brisbane City |
3.2 km | 22% | 5% |
| Stafford Heights Brisbane City |
4.0 km | 13% | 8% |
| Enoggera Brisbane City |
4.0 km | 20% | 62% |
| Albany Creek | 4.1 km | 41% | 25% |
| Bunya | 4.2 km | 20% | 85% |