Karalee flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Karalee
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 15.61 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
15.61 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Karalee's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Karalee properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,156 Karalee properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,156 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Karalee.
Karalee flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 2,156 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Karalee; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
854 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 854
- Historic Flood 2011: 606
Source: Ipswich 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.
Karalee at a glance
Schools in and near Karalee
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
1 school 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: 2.02 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 Karalee is zoned
Selling in Karalee? 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 15.61 km², Karalee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 83% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 52% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 4,010 m² across 2,166 parcels.
Who lives in Karalee
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Karalee 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 1060, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Karalee's 5,521 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Karalee - Barellan Point, the wider ABS statistical area containing Karalee. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Karalee itself.
4,018 in 2001 to 7,320 in 2025, up 82%.
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.
Karalee property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Karalee - Barellan Point, the wider statistical area containing Karalee. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 133 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.
Karalee 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) |
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 Karalee 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 1,100 Karalee 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 Karalee lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Karalee planning - frequently asked
Is Karalee flood-prone?
About 83% of Karalee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 87% of the 2,156 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 519 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Karalee bushfire-prone?
Around 52% of Karalee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 51%.
What is the zoning in Karalee?
The dominant planning zone in Karalee is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and Limited development.
Does Karalee have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Karalee.
Is Karalee hilly or flat?
Karalee is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 11% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 10 m to 50 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Karalee?
Across 2,166 surveyed parcels in Karalee, the median lot size is about 4,010 m². There are also 408 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Karalee?
At the 2021 Census Karalee had 5,521 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Karalee - Barellan Point statistical area, which contains Karalee, went from 4,018 people in 2001 to 7,320 in 2025, up 82%.
Is Karalee an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Karalee scores 1060 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 Karalee?
Median household income in Karalee was $2,559 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,133 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karana Downs Brisbane City |
1.8 km | 43% | 69% |
| Barellan Point | 2.3 km | 91% | 40% |
| North Tivoli | 4.2 km | 94% | 85% |
| Dinmore | 4.3 km | 64% | 35% |
| Riverview | 4.3 km | 87% | 50% |
| Mount Crosby Brisbane City |
4.5 km | 30% | 92% |
| Chuwar | 4.6 km | 32% | 77% |
| Anstead Brisbane City |
4.7 km | 31% | 81% |
| Chuwar Brisbane City |
5.1 km | 48% | 89% |
| Bundamba | 5.2 km | 76% | 31% |