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Kalinga flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Kalinga (Brisbane City, QLD) - 0.93 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 Kalinga's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

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How common is mapped flood risk across Kalinga properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,063 Kalinga properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Kalinga flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 1,063 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Kalinga; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

1.1%

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

  • February 2022: 11

Mapped overland flow

21.3%

226 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 48
  • Medium: 78
  • Affected: 100

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.

Kalinga at a glance

Parcels 973 Median lot 409 m² Mapped easements 33 Bus stops 17 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Kalinga

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: 0.40 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 0.15 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 Kalinga is zoned

Character residential (Character) 56%
Sport and recreation (District) 19%
Open space (District) 9%
Sport and recreation (Local) 7%
Low density residential 3%
Health care purposes 3%

Selling in Kalinga? 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 0.93 km², Kalinga is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Character residential (Character). The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 409 m² across 973 parcels.

Recent development applications in Kalinga

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

19

Latest included submission: 19 August 2026.

Previous 12 months: 17 (12% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 5
  • Building work: 17

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 Kalinga

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

Population
2,144
usual residents, 2021
Median age
39
years
Median household income
$3,697
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$400
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$3,033
per month
Household size
3.0
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 1159, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Kalinga's 2,144 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.7%
5-14 18.3%
15-19 7.5%
20-24 6.1%
25-34 8.5%
35-44 13.9%
45-54 17.0%
55-64 11.6%
65-74 6.5%
75-84 3.4%
85+ 2.6%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

7,936 in 2001 to 12,298 in 2025, up 55%.

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.

Kalinga property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,525,000

Median sale price from 105 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$820,000

Median sale price from 182 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.

Kalinga 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 Kalinga 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 1,000 Kalinga 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 Kalinga lot.

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Kalinga planning - frequently asked

Is Kalinga flood-prone?

About 40% of Kalinga falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 27% of the 1,063 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 160 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Kalinga bushfire-prone?

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

What is the zoning in Kalinga?

The dominant planning zone in Kalinga is Character residential (Character), though the suburb also includes Sport and recreation (District) and Open space (District).

Does Kalinga have heritage-listed places?

Kalinga has 6 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Kalinga hilly or flat?

Kalinga is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 14 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Kalinga?

Across 973 surveyed parcels in Kalinga, the median lot size is about 409 m². There are also 33 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Kalinga have a train station?

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

What is the population of Kalinga?

At the 2021 Census Kalinga had 2,144 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Wooloowin - Lutwyche statistical area, which contains Kalinga, went from 7,936 people in 2001 to 12,298 in 2025, up 55%.

Is Kalinga an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kalinga scores 1159 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 Kalinga?

Median household income in Kalinga was $3,697 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 $3,033 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Wooloowin 1.2 km 18% 0%
Clayfield 1.4 km 21% 0%
Kedron 1.6 km 22% 0%
Lutwyche 1.7 km 22% 0%
Wavell Heights 1.7 km 26% 0%
Nundah 1.9 km 37% 0%
Gordon Park 2.1 km 30% 0%
Hendra 2.5 km 42% 0%
Albion 2.7 km 67% 0%
Ascot 2.8 km 37% 0%

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