Herston flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Herston
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 1.64 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
1.64 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Herston's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Herston properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,323 Herston properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,323 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Herston.
Herston flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,323 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Herston; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
319 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 241
- February 2022: 222
- January 2011: 114
- Historic Flood 2011: 47
Mapped overland flow
289 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 79
- Medium: 146
- High: 7
- Affected: 57
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.
Herston at a glance
Schools in and near Herston
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: 0.18 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 Herston is zoned
Selling in Herston? 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 1.64 km², Herston is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 15 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Sport and recreation (Metropolitan). The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 415 m² across 1,284 parcels.
Recent development applications in Herston
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
Latest included submission: 16 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 18 (6% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Building work: 10
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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Herston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Herston 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 1085, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Herston's 2,311 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kelvin Grove - Herston, the wider ABS statistical area containing Herston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Herston itself.
5,883 in 2001 to 12,531 in 2025, up 113%.
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.
Herston property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Kelvin Grove - Herston, the wider statistical area containing Herston. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 72 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 150 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.
Herston 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 | Brisbane City Council |
Profile last materially updated 12 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 Herston 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 1,300 Herston 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 Herston lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Herston planning - frequently asked
Is Herston flood-prone?
About 37% of Herston falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 34% of the 1,323 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 264 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Herston bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Herston and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Brisbane City average is 27%).
What is the zoning in Herston?
The dominant planning zone in Herston is Sport and recreation (Metropolitan), though the suburb also includes Character residential (Infill housing) and Major health care.
Does Herston have heritage-listed places?
Herston has 15 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Herston hilly or flat?
Herston is hilly: the median ground slope is about 13%, and 36% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 38 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Herston?
Across 1,284 surveyed parcels in Herston, the median lot size is about 415 m². There are also 177 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Herston have a train station?
There is no train station inside Herston itself. The suburb is served by 26 bus stops.
What is the population of Herston?
At the 2021 Census Herston had 2,311 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Kelvin Grove - Herston statistical area, which contains Herston, went from 5,883 people in 2001 to 12,531 in 2025, up 113%.
Is Herston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Herston scores 1085 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 Herston?
Median household income in Herston was $2,086 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 1.1 km | 13% | 0% |
| Kelvin Grove | 1.1 km | 24% | 0% |
| Bowen Hills | 1.5 km | 60% | 0% |
| Fortitude Valley | 1.5 km | 44% | 0% |
| Wilston | 1.7 km | 36% | 9% |
| Windsor | 1.7 km | 50% | 6% |
| Petrie Terrace | 1.9 km | 16% | 0% |
| Newstead | 2.2 km | 99% | 0% |
| Newmarket | 2.2 km | 32% | 4% |
| Red Hill | 2.3 km | 20% | 0% |