Kooringal flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Kooringal
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 0.23 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
0.23 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kooringal's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Kooringal at a glance
Schools in and near Kooringal
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 15.65 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 23.33 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 Kooringal is zoned
Selling in Kooringal? 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 0.23 km², Kooringal is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Township. The median lot measures about 607 m² across 165 parcels.
Recent development applications in Kooringal
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
No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Kooringal
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kooringal 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 1023, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moreton Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kooringal. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kooringal itself.
192 in 2001 to 339 in 2025, up 77%.
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.
Kooringal 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 |
| 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 Kooringal 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.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Kooringal lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Kooringal planning - frequently asked
Is Kooringal flood-prone?
About 16% of Kooringal falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%.
Is Kooringal bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Kooringal is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Kooringal?
The dominant planning zone in Kooringal is Township, though the suburb also includes Open space (Local) and Environmental management.
Does Kooringal have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Kooringal.
What is the typical lot size in Kooringal?
Across 165 surveyed parcels in Kooringal, the median lot size is about 607 m².
Is Kooringal an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kooringal scores 1023 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amity Redland City |
6.3 km | 28% | 77% |
| Point Lookout Redland City |
13.9 km | 4% | 75% |
| Dunwich Redland City |
16.5 km | 19% | 41% |
| Moreton Island | 17.8 km | 2% | 81% |
| Peel Island Redland City |
17.9 km | 37% | 36% |
| Moreton Bay | 18.6 km | 8% | <1% |
| Moreton Bay Redland City |
22.6 km | 9% | <1% |
| Wellington Point Redland City |
23.1 km | 33% | 10% |
| Ormiston Redland City |
23.5 km | 32% | 18% |
| Port Of Brisbane | 24.6 km | 98% | 0% |