Macleay Island flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Macleay Island
(Redland City, QLD) - 15.36 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
15.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Macleay Island's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Macleay Island properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,302 Macleay Island properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 4,302 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Macleay Island.
Macleay Island at a glance
Schools in and near Macleay Island
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
1 school 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: 5.13 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 Macleay Island is zoned
Selling in Macleay Island? 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 15.36 km², Macleay Island is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Character Residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 739 m² across 4,281 parcels.
Who lives in Macleay Island
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Macleay Island 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 844, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Macleay Island's 3,193 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Southern Moreton Bay Islands, the wider ABS statistical area containing Macleay Island. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Macleay Island itself.
3,857 in 2001 to 10,466 in 2025, up 171%.
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.
Macleay Island property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Southern Moreton Bay Islands, the wider statistical area containing Macleay Island. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 644 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.
Macleay Island 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) |
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 Macleay Island 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 over parts of Macleay Island. 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 (+$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 Macleay Island lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Macleay Island planning - frequently asked
Is Macleay Island flood-prone?
About 34% of Macleay Island falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 36% of the 4,302 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 807 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Macleay Island bushfire-prone?
Around 22% of Macleay Island is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Redland City average of 41%.
What is the zoning in Macleay Island?
The dominant planning zone in Macleay Island is Character Residential, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Environmental Management.
Does Macleay Island have heritage-listed places?
Macleay Island has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Macleay Island hilly or flat?
Macleay Island is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 0 m to 21 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Macleay Island?
Across 4,281 surveyed parcels in Macleay Island, the median lot size is about 739 m². There are also 35 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Macleay Island have a train station?
There is no train station inside Macleay Island itself. The suburb is served by 1 ferry terminal.
What is the population of Macleay Island?
At the 2021 Census Macleay Island had 3,193 usual residents, with a median age of 62 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Southern Moreton Bay Islands statistical area, which contains Macleay Island, went from 3,857 people in 2001 to 10,466 in 2025, up 171%.
Is Macleay Island an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Macleay Island scores 844 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Macleay Island?
Median household income in Macleay Island was $755 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,488 for the typical suburb in Redland City. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $900 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb Island | 3.1 km | 34% | 17% |
| Karragarra Island | 4.1 km | 47% | 12% |
| Coochiemudlo Island | 4.8 km | 31% | 20% |
| Victoria Point | 6.0 km | 30% | 28% |
| Moreton Bay | 6.9 km | 9% | <1% |
| Russell Island | 8.0 km | 48% | 39% |
| Redland Bay | 8.6 km | 25% | 71% |
| North Stradbroke Island | 9.4 km | 10% | 87% |
| Thornlands | 10.2 km | 22% | 50% |
| Peel Island | 11.6 km | 37% | 36% |