Margate flood map & planning overlays
Margate's 458 m² median lot is 7th-smallest in Moreton Bay City.
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A planning-constraint profile of Margate
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 2.59 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
2.59 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Margate'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 Margate properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 4,370 analysed Margate properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 4,370 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Margate.
Margate flood history and overland flow
Suburb-wide totals across 4,370 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
322 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 322
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Margate
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.
Margate at a glance
Schools in and near Margate
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
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: 0.62 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 Margate is zoned
Selling in Margate? 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 2.59 km², Margate is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 456 m² across 3,684 parcels.
Recent development applications in Margate
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: 8 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 32 (34% 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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Margate
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Margate 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 932, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Margate's 7,575 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Margate - Woody Point, the wider ABS statistical area containing Margate. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Margate itself.
10,608 in 2001 to 12,649 in 2025, up 19%.
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.
Margate property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Margate - Woody Point, the wider statistical area containing Margate. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 252 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 139 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.
Margate 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 |
| 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 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 Margate 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 32% of Margate. 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 here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 480 Margate 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 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 Margate lot.
Margate planning - frequently asked
Is Margate flood-prone?
About 21% of Margate falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 16% of the 4,370 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 363 rated high risk or historically affected. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 480 Margate addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Margate bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Margate and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moreton Bay City average is 59%).
Is Margate under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 32% of Margate, and over about 91% 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 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 7 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 Margate?
The dominant planning zone in Margate is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space and Centre.
Does Margate have heritage-listed places?
Margate has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Margate hilly or flat?
Margate is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 25 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Margate?
Across 3,684 surveyed parcels in Margate, the median lot size is about 456 m². There are also 220 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Margate have a train station?
There is no train station inside Margate itself. The suburb is served by 23 bus stops.
What is the population of Margate?
At the 2021 Census Margate had 7,575 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Margate - Woody Point statistical area, which contains Margate, went from 10,608 people in 2001 to 12,649 in 2025, up 19%.
Is Margate an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Margate scores 932 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Margate?
Median household income in Margate was $1,231 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Point | 1.5 km | 42% | 0% |
| Redcliffe | 1.9 km | 29% | 0% |
| Clontarf | 2.4 km | 72% | 16% |
| Kippa-Ring | 3.0 km | 58% | 19% |
| Newport | 4.0 km | 100% | 8% |
| Scarborough | 4.4 km | 46% | 0% |
| Mango Hill | 5.9 km | 72% | 41% |
| Rothwell | 6.1 km | 80% | 30% |
| Griffin | 6.7 km | 87% | 38% |
| Brighton Brisbane City |
7.4 km | 58% | 16% |