Greenstone flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Greenstone (Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 2.21 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 Greenstone's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Greenstone 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 Greenstone properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Greenstone at a glance

Parcels 4 Median lot 305,089 m² Mapped easements 1 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 10%

Schools in and near Greenstone

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: 4.15 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 6.64 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 Greenstone is zoned

Emerging community 100%

Selling in Greenstone? 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 2.21 km², Greenstone is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Emerging community. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 305,089 m² across 4 parcels.

Recent development applications in Greenstone

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

0

No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 Greenstone

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

Population
277
usual residents, 2021
Median age
52
years
Median household income
$1,805
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $1,827
Median rent
$500
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $363
Median mortgage
$2,080
per month
Household size
2.6
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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1017, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Greenstone's 277 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.3%
5-14 9.1%
15-19 3.3%
20-24 4.7%
25-34 4.0%
35-44 11.2%
45-54 20.3%
55-64 15.6%
65-74 19.2%
75-84 9.4%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

2,165 in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.

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.

Greenstone property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,240,500

Median sale price from 76 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.

Greenstone 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 totalsMoreton 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 Greenstone 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 over parts of Greenstone. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Greenstone lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Greenstone planning - frequently asked

Is Greenstone flood-prone?

About 27% of Greenstone falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 1 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Greenstone bushfire-prone?

Around 99% of Greenstone is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.

What is the zoning in Greenstone?

The dominant planning zone in Greenstone is Emerging community.

Does Greenstone have heritage-listed places?

Greenstone has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Greenstone hilly or flat?

Greenstone is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%. Ground level runs from roughly 46 m to 46 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Greenstone?

Across 4 surveyed parcels in Greenstone, the median lot size is about 305,089 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Greenstone?

At the 2021 Census Greenstone had 277 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Upper Caboolture statistical area, which contains Greenstone, went from 2,165 people in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.

Is Greenstone an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Greenstone scores 1017 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Greenstone?

Median household income in Greenstone was $1,805 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $500 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,080 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Wagtail Grove 1.7 km 38% 74%
Corymbia 2.0 km 14% 100%
Rocksberg 2.6 km 21% 86%
Waraba 3.0 km 12% 96%
Upper Caboolture 3.3 km 29% 57%
Lilywood 3.4 km 57% 20%
Moorina 4.1 km 16% 86%
Bellmere 5.1 km 58% 62%
Campbells Pocket 7.0 km 9% 99%
Morayfield 7.0 km 38% 47%

See all Moreton Bay City suburb profiles →