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Gordon Park flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Gordon Park (Brisbane City, QLD) - 1.18 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.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gordon Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Gordon Park properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,554 Gordon Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Gordon Park flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 2,554 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Gordon Park; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

6.1%

157 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • February 2022: 157

Mapped overland flow

14.5%

370 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 128
  • Medium: 209
  • Affected: 29

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.

Gordon Park at a glance

Parcels 2,512 Median lot 405 m² Mapped easements 225 Bus stops 17 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Gordon Park

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 0.27 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 0.45 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 Gordon Park is zoned

Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) 41%
Character residential (Character) 34%
Low density residential 13%
Open space (District) 8%
Open space (Local) 2%
Open space 1%

Selling in Gordon Park? 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 1.18 km², Gordon Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix). The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 405 m² across 2,512 parcels.

Recent development applications in Gordon Park

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

26

Latest included submission: 18 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 32 (19% lower in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Building work: 18

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 Gordon Park

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gordon Park suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
4,390
usual residents, 2021
Median age
36
years
Median household income
$2,213
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$365
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,204
per month
Household size
2.4
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1104, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Gordon Park's 4,390 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.9%
5-14 11.9%
15-19 5.6%
20-24 6.3%
25-34 17.5%
35-44 16.5%
45-54 15.2%
55-64 11.1%
65-74 6.1%
75-84 2.7%
85+ 1.2%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Kedron - Gordon Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gordon Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gordon Park itself.

11,253 in 2001 to 15,654 in 2025, up 39%.

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.

Gordon Park property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Kedron - Gordon Park, the wider statistical area containing Gordon Park. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$1,505,000

Median sale price from 214 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$790,000

Median sale price from 199 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.

Gordon Park data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Market statisticsAvailable at SA2 levelQueensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO)
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsBrisbane 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 Gordon Park 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 2,500 Gordon Park 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 Gordon Park lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Gordon Park planning - frequently asked

Is Gordon Park flood-prone?

About 30% of Gordon Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 26% of the 2,554 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 113 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Gordon Park bushfire-prone?

Bushfire mapping covers Gordon Park and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Brisbane City average is 27%).

What is the zoning in Gordon Park?

The dominant planning zone in Gordon Park is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix), though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Low density residential.

Does Gordon Park have heritage-listed places?

Gordon Park has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Gordon Park hilly or flat?

Gordon Park is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 12 m to 43 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Gordon Park?

Across 2,512 surveyed parcels in Gordon Park, the median lot size is about 405 m². There are also 225 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Gordon Park have a train station?

There is no train station inside Gordon Park itself. The suburb is served by 17 bus stops.

What is the population of Gordon Park?

At the 2021 Census Gordon Park had 4,390 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Kedron - Gordon Park statistical area, which contains Gordon Park, went from 11,253 people in 2001 to 15,654 in 2025, up 39%.

Is Gordon Park an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gordon Park scores 1104 and sits in decile 10 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 Gordon Park?

Median household income in Gordon Park was $2,213 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $365 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,204 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Lutwyche 0.8 km 22% 0%
Grange 1.3 km 22% 24%
Kedron 1.4 km 22% 0%
Wooloowin 1.5 km 18% 0%
Stafford 1.8 km 26% 18%
Windsor 2.0 km 50% 6%
Kalinga 2.1 km 40% 0%
Wilston 2.1 km 36% 9%
Albion 2.5 km 67% 0%
Clayfield 2.8 km 21% 0%

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