Lilywood flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Lilywood
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 2.82 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
2.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lilywood's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Lilywood properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 564 Lilywood properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 564 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Lilywood.
Lilywood flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 564 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Lilywood; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
47 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 47
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.
Lilywood at a glance
Schools in and near Lilywood
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: 0.45 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 3.21 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 Lilywood is zoned
Selling in Lilywood? 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 2.82 km², Lilywood is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 57% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Emerging community. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 387 m² across 730 parcels.
Recent development applications in Lilywood
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: 21 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 66 (44% lower 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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Lilywood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lilywood 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 962, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lilywood's 5,087 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Upper Caboolture, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lilywood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lilywood itself.
2,165 in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.
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.
Lilywood property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Upper Caboolture, the wider statistical area containing Lilywood. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 76 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.
Lilywood 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 Lilywood 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 50 Lilywood 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 Lilywood lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Lilywood planning - frequently asked
Is Lilywood flood-prone?
About 57% of Lilywood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 16% of the 564 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 77 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Lilywood bushfire-prone?
Around 20% of Lilywood is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Lilywood?
The dominant planning zone in Lilywood is Emerging community, though the suburb also includes General residential and Limited development.
Does Lilywood have heritage-listed places?
Lilywood has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Lilywood hilly or flat?
Lilywood is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 19 m to 32 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Lilywood?
Across 730 surveyed parcels in Lilywood, the median lot size is about 387 m². There are also 51 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Lilywood?
At the 2021 Census Lilywood had 5,087 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Upper Caboolture statistical area, which contains Lilywood, went from 2,165 people in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.
Is Lilywood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lilywood scores 962 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lilywood?
Median household income in Lilywood was $1,879 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,820 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Caboolture | 1.8 km | 29% | 57% |
| Wagtail Grove | 2.0 km | 38% | 74% |
| Waraba | 2.4 km | 12% | 96% |
| Bellmere | 2.8 km | 58% | 62% |
| Corymbia | 3.4 km | 14% | 100% |
| Greenstone | 3.4 km | 27% | 99% |
| Morayfield | 4.9 km | 38% | 47% |
| Caboolture South | 5.0 km | 80% | 6% |
| Moodlu | 5.1 km | 46% | 89% |
| Rocksberg | 5.9 km | 21% | 86% |