Ferny Hills flood map & planning overlays
Ferny Hills houses 8,726 people on hilly 11.3% slopes, mostly conservation-zoned land around them.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ferny Hills
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 10.22 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
10.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ferny Hills's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Ferny Hills properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,398 analysed Ferny Hills properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,398 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Ferny Hills.
Ferny Hills flood history and overland flow
Suburb-wide totals across 3,398 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
605 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 605
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Ferny Hills
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Ferny Hills at a glance
Schools in and near Ferny Hills
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 0.59 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 Ferny Hills is zoned
Selling in Ferny 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 10.22 km², Ferny Hills is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 640 m² across 3,288 parcels.
Recent development applications in Ferny 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: 13 October 2026.
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Ferny Hills
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ferny 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 1061, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ferny Hills's 8,726 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of The Hills District, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ferny Hills. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ferny 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.
Ferny Hills property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for The Hills District, the wider statistical area containing Ferny 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.
Ferny 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 7 November 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 Ferny 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Ferny Hills. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 3,300 Ferny 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Ferny Hills lot.
Ferny Hills planning - frequently asked
Is Ferny Hills flood-prone?
About 11% of Ferny Hills falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 12% of the 3,398 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 367 rated high risk or historically affected. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 3,300 Ferny Hills addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Ferny Hills bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Ferny Hills is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
Is Ferny Hills under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Ferny Hills, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Ferny Hills?
The dominant planning zone in Ferny Hills is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes General residential and Rural.
Does Ferny Hills have heritage-listed places?
Ferny Hills has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Ferny Hills hilly or flat?
Ferny Hills is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 29% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 51 m to 129 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Ferny Hills?
Across 3,288 surveyed parcels in Ferny Hills, the median lot size is about 640 m². There are also 374 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ferny Hills have a train station?
There is no train station inside Ferny Hills itself. The suburb is served by 32 bus stops.
What is the population of Ferny Hills?
At the 2021 Census Ferny Hills had 8,726 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider The Hills District statistical area, which contains Ferny Hills, went from 22,002 people in 2001 to 26,166 in 2025, up 19%.
Is Ferny Hills an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ferny Hills scores 1061 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 Ferny Hills?
Median household income in Ferny Hills was $2,271 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $448 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,972 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferny Grove Brisbane City |
1.3 km | 12% | 48% |
| Arana Hills | 3.0 km | 26% | 19% |
| Upper Kedron Brisbane City |
3.1 km | 8% | 73% |
| Bunya | 3.2 km | 20% | 85% |
| Keperra Brisbane City |
3.6 km | 14% | 34% |
| Draper | 3.8 km | 34% | 77% |
| Samford Village | 4.3 km | 52% | 22% |
| Camp Mountain | 4.4 km | 19% | 72% |
| Everton Hills | 4.5 km | 22% | 14% |
| Mitchelton Brisbane City |
5.3 km | 18% | 23% |