Graceville flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Graceville (Brisbane City, QLD) - 2.07 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Graceville properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,513 Graceville properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Graceville flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 2,513 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Graceville; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

50.8%

1,276 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Historic Flood 1974: 1,276
  • January 2011: 922
  • February 2022: 711

Mapped overland flow

21.9%

550 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 137
  • Medium: 184
  • Affected: 226

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.

Graceville at a glance

Parcels 2,288 Median lot 414 m² Mapped easements 124 Train Graceville station Bus stops 23 Schools in suburb 2

Schools in and near Graceville

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

2

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: 0.31 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 Graceville is zoned

Low density residential 38%
Character residential (Character) 31%
Open space (District) 11%
Sport and recreation (District) 10%
Education purposes 2%
Open space (Local) 2%

Selling in Graceville? 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 2.07 km², Graceville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 89% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 27 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 414 m² across 2,288 parcels.

Recent development applications in Graceville

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

21

Latest included submission: 15 June 2026.

Previous 12 months: 36 (42% lower in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Building work: 14

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 Graceville

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

Population
4,764
usual residents, 2021
Median age
39
years
Median household income
$2,929
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$495
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,600
per month
Household size
2.9
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 1142, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Graceville's 4,764 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.5%
5-14 17.5%
15-19 7.3%
20-24 5.1%
25-34 9.4%
35-44 15.0%
45-54 16.3%
55-64 10.7%
65-74 7.2%
75-84 3.8%
85+ 2.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

6,612 in 2001 to 8,015 in 2025, up 21%.

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.

Graceville property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,450,000

Median sale price from 200 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$786,500

Median sale price from 30 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.

Graceville 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 Graceville 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 Graceville 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 Graceville lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Graceville planning - frequently asked

Is Graceville flood-prone?

About 89% of Graceville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 89% of the 2,513 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 109 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Graceville bushfire-prone?

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

What is the zoning in Graceville?

The dominant planning zone in Graceville is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Open space (District).

Does Graceville have heritage-listed places?

Graceville has 27 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Graceville hilly or flat?

Graceville is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 19 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Graceville?

Across 2,288 surveyed parcels in Graceville, the median lot size is about 414 m². There are also 124 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Graceville have a train station?

Yes - Graceville has 1 train station: Graceville station. It is also served by 23 bus stops.

What is the population of Graceville?

At the 2021 Census Graceville had 4,764 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Chelmer - Graceville statistical area, which contains Graceville, went from 6,612 people in 2001 to 8,015 in 2025, up 21%.

Is Graceville an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Graceville scores 1142 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 Graceville?

Median household income in Graceville was $2,929 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $495 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Sherwood 1.0 km 63% 12%
Chelmer 1.2 km 89% <1%
Indooroopilly 1.7 km 56% 40%
Tennyson 2.0 km 100% 11%
Fig Tree Pocket 2.1 km 69% 66%
Corinda 2.4 km 54% 27%
Yeerongpilly 2.9 km 81% 0%
Taringa 3.0 km 27% 39%
Yeronga 3.1 km 74% <1%
St Lucia 3.5 km 64% 13%

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