Holland Park flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Holland Park
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 3.11 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.
Constraint readout
3.11 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Holland Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Holland 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 4,041 Holland Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 4,041 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Holland Park.
Holland Park flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 4,041 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Holland Park; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
5 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 5
Mapped overland flow
661 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 185
- Medium: 388
- High: 67
- Affected: 21
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.
Holland Park at a glance
Schools in and near Holland 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
2 schools providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
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 Holland Park is zoned
Selling in Holland 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 3.11 km², Holland Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 12 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 613 m² across 3,420 parcels.
Recent development applications in Holland 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
Latest included submission: 9 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 25 (4% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Reconfiguring a lot: 5
- Building work: 10
- Operational work: 6
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 Holland Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Holland Park 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 1070, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Holland Park's 8,671 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Holland Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Holland Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Holland Park itself.
7,314 in 2001 to 9,279 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Holland Park property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Holland Park, the wider statistical area containing Holland Park. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 99 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 25 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.
Holland Park 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 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 Holland 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 4,000 Holland 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 Holland Park lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Holland Park planning - frequently asked
Is Holland Park flood-prone?
About 14% of Holland Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 1% of the 4,041 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 8 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Holland Park bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Holland Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Holland Park?
The dominant planning zone in Holland Park is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Education purposes.
Does Holland Park have heritage-listed places?
Holland Park has 12 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Holland Park hilly or flat?
Holland Park is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 10% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 23 m to 68 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Holland Park?
Across 3,420 surveyed parcels in Holland Park, the median lot size is about 613 m². There are also 221 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Holland Park have a train station?
There is no train station inside Holland Park itself. The suburb is served by 40 bus stops.
What is the population of Holland Park?
At the 2021 Census Holland Park had 8,671 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Holland Park statistical area, which contains Holland Park, went from 7,314 people in 2001 to 9,279 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Holland Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Holland Park scores 1070 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 Holland Park?
Median household income in Holland Park was $2,309 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Park West | 1.3 km | 22% | 18% |
| Mount Gravatt East | 1.6 km | 15% | 26% |
| Mount Gravatt | 2.1 km | 13% | 65% |
| Carina Heights | 2.4 km | 16% | 59% |
| Camp Hill | 2.5 km | 14% | 22% |
| Greenslopes | 2.6 km | 25% | 13% |
| Coorparoo | 2.8 km | 35% | 4% |
| Tarragindi | 3.0 km | 13% | 33% |
| Mansfield | 3.3 km | 29% | 33% |
| Stones Corner | 3.5 km | 76% | 0% |