Larapinta flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Larapinta
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 5.96 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
5.96 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Larapinta's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Larapinta properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 97 Larapinta properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 97 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Larapinta.
Larapinta flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 97 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Larapinta; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
31 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 31
Mapped overland flow
61 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Medium: 27
- High: 30
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.
Larapinta at a glance
Schools in and near Larapinta
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: 0.68 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.41 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 Larapinta is zoned
Selling in Larapinta? 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 5.96 km², Larapinta is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 51% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 54% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 11,938 m² across 80 parcels.
Recent development applications in Larapinta
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
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 Larapinta
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Larapinta suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Pallara - Willawong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Larapinta. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Larapinta itself.
1,023 in 2001 to 16,586 in 2025, up 1521%.
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.
Larapinta property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Pallara - Willawong, the wider statistical area containing Larapinta. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 225 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 36 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.
Larapinta 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 | Brisbane 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 Larapinta 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 90 Larapinta 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 Larapinta lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Larapinta planning - frequently asked
Is Larapinta flood-prone?
About 51% of Larapinta falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 19% of the 97 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 18 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Larapinta bushfire-prone?
Around 54% of Larapinta is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Larapinta?
The dominant planning zone in Larapinta is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Rural and General industry C.
Does Larapinta have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Larapinta.
Is Larapinta hilly or flat?
Larapinta is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 16 m to 38 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Larapinta?
Across 80 surveyed parcels in Larapinta, the median lot size is about 11,938 m². There are also 30 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Larapinta have a train station?
There is no train station inside Larapinta itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathwood | 1.5 km | 25% | 46% |
| Parkinson | 2.2 km | 18% | 55% |
| Pallara | 2.6 km | 61% | 58% |
| Forestdale Logan City |
2.6 km | 37% | 35% |
| Doolandella | 3.5 km | 30% | 66% |
| Hillcrest Logan City |
3.7 km | 26% | 13% |
| Algester | 4.0 km | 17% | 21% |
| Calamvale | 4.4 km | 23% | 21% |
| Forest Lake | 4.6 km | 17% | 29% |
| Drewvale | 4.8 km | 29% | 76% |