Lake Manchester flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Lake Manchester
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 73.96 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
73.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lake Manchester's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Lake Manchester properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 6 analysed Lake Manchester properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 6 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Lake Manchester.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Lake Manchester
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Lake Manchester at a glance
Schools in and near Lake Manchester
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual 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: 0.69 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 4.88 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 Lake Manchester is zoned
Selling in Lake Manchester? 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 73.96 km², Lake Manchester is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 141,658 m² across 148 parcels.
Recent development applications in Lake Manchester
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Lake Manchester
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lake Manchester 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 977, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lake Manchester - England Creek, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lake Manchester. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lake Manchester itself.
0 in 2001 to 0 in 2025.
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.
Lake Manchester 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 7 November 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 Lake Manchester 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 57% of Lake Manchester. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Lake Manchester. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Lake Manchester lot.
Lake Manchester planning - frequently asked
Is Lake Manchester flood-prone?
About 10% of Lake Manchester falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 31%. Across the suburb, 67% of the 6 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 4 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Lake Manchester; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Lake Manchester bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Lake Manchester is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
Is Lake Manchester under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 57% of Lake Manchester, and over about 81% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Lake Manchester?
The dominant planning zone in Lake Manchester is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and Open space.
Does Lake Manchester have heritage-listed places?
Lake Manchester has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Lake Manchester hilly or flat?
Lake Manchester is hilly: the median ground slope is about 17%, and 50% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 28 m to 415 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Lake Manchester?
Across 148 surveyed parcels in Lake Manchester, the median lot size is about 141,658 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Lake Manchester an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lake Manchester scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jollys Lookout Moreton Bay City |
5.1 km | 4% | 100% |
| Upper Brookfield | 6.8 km | 6% | 98% |
| Mount Nebo Moreton Bay City |
7.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Banks Creek | 7.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Wights Mountain Moreton Bay City |
7.5 km | 16% | 34% |
| Banks Creek Somerset Regional |
7.6 km | 5% | 92% |
| Lake Manchester Somerset Regional |
7.6 km | 9% | 86% |
| Enoggera Reservoir | 7.9 km | 8% | 99% |
| Highvale Moreton Bay City |
7.9 km | 17% | 83% |
| Kholo | 9.5 km | 22% | 80% |