Kippa-Ring flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kippa-Ring
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 5.44 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
5.44 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kippa-Ring's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Kippa-Ring properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,446 Kippa-Ring properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 4,446 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Kippa-Ring.
Kippa-Ring flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 4,446 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Kippa-Ring; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
608 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 608
Source: Moreton Bay Regional 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.
Kippa-Ring at a glance
Schools in and near Kippa-Ring
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
3 schools 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: 0.68 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 Kippa-Ring is zoned
Selling in Kippa-Ring? 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 5.44 km², Kippa-Ring is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 58% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 19% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 610 m² across 4,393 parcels.
Recent development applications in Kippa-Ring
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
Latest included submission: 27 July 2026.
Previous 12 months: 15 (40% higher in the latest 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 Kippa-Ring
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kippa-Ring 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 904, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kippa-Ring's 9,745 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rothwell - Kippa-Ring, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kippa-Ring. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kippa-Ring itself.
12,712 in 2001 to 17,562 in 2025, up 38%.
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.
Kippa-Ring property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Rothwell - Kippa-Ring, the wider statistical area containing Kippa-Ring. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 267 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 104 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.
Kippa-Ring 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 | Moreton 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 Kippa-Ring 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 550 Kippa-Ring 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 Kippa-Ring lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kippa-Ring planning - frequently asked
Is Kippa-Ring flood-prone?
About 58% of Kippa-Ring falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 44% of the 4,446 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1760 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Kippa-Ring bushfire-prone?
Around 19% of Kippa-Ring is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Kippa-Ring?
The dominant planning zone in Kippa-Ring is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Kippa-Ring have heritage-listed places?
Kippa-Ring has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Kippa-Ring hilly or flat?
Kippa-Ring is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 22 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Kippa-Ring?
Across 4,393 surveyed parcels in Kippa-Ring, the median lot size is about 610 m². There are also 172 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kippa-Ring have a train station?
Yes - Kippa-Ring has 1 train station: Kippa-Ring station. It is also served by 38 bus stops.
What is the population of Kippa-Ring?
At the 2021 Census Kippa-Ring had 9,745 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Rothwell - Kippa-Ring statistical area, which contains Kippa-Ring, went from 12,712 people in 2001 to 17,562 in 2025, up 38%.
Is Kippa-Ring an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kippa-Ring scores 904 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Kippa-Ring?
Median household income in Kippa-Ring was $1,297 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,583 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1.7 km | 100% | 8% |
| Redcliffe | 2.4 km | 29% | 0% |
| Clontarf | 2.5 km | 72% | 16% |
| Margate | 3.0 km | 21% | 0% |
| Rothwell | 3.1 km | 80% | 30% |
| Scarborough | 3.4 km | 46% | 0% |
| Woody Point | 4.1 km | 42% | 0% |
| Mango Hill | 4.3 km | 72% | 41% |
| Griffin | 6.7 km | 87% | 38% |
| North Lakes | 6.8 km | 27% | 18% |