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Moores Pocket flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Moores Pocket (Ipswich City, QLD) - 0.92 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Moores Pocket's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Moores Pocket properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 389 Moores Pocket properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Moores Pocket flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 389 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Moores Pocket; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

99.7%

388 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Historic Flood 1974: 388
  • Historic Flood 2011: 328

Source: Ipswich 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.

Moores Pocket at a glance

Parcels 207 Median lot 805 m² Mapped easements 16 Bus stops 6 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Moores Pocket

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 0.57 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 1.54 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 Moores Pocket is zoned

Environmental management 42%
Low density residential 29%
Recreation and open space 16%
Low-medium density residential 10%
Limited development 4%

Selling in Moores Pocket? 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 0.92 km², Moores Pocket is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 9% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 805 m² across 207 parcels.

Who lives in Moores Pocket

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Moores Pocket suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
772
usual residents, 2021
Median age
65
years
Median household income
$829
per week, Ipswich City suburb typical $1,643
Median rent
$225
per week, Ipswich City suburb typical $300
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
1.9
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 895, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Moores Pocket's 772 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.6%
5-14 7.3%
15-19 2.3%
20-24 3.2%
25-34 7.8%
35-44 6.1%
45-54 9.2%
55-64 10.4%
65-74 18.8%
75-84 26.8%
85+ 4.4%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of North Ipswich - Tivoli, the wider ABS statistical area containing Moores Pocket. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Moores Pocket itself.

6,026 in 2001 to 6,671 in 2025, up 11%.

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.

Moores Pocket property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for North Ipswich - Tivoli, the wider statistical area containing Moores Pocket. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$715,000

Median sale price from 189 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$619,000

Median sale price from 40 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.

Moores Pocket data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Market statisticsAvailable at SA2 levelQueensland 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 Moores Pocket 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 Moores Pocket. 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 Moores Pocket lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Moores Pocket planning - frequently asked

Is Moores Pocket flood-prone?

About 100% of Moores Pocket falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 389 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 304 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Moores Pocket bushfire-prone?

Around 9% of Moores Pocket is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 51%.

What is the zoning in Moores Pocket?

The dominant planning zone in Moores Pocket is Environmental management, though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Recreation and open space.

Does Moores Pocket have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Moores Pocket.

Is Moores Pocket hilly or flat?

Moores Pocket is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 13 m to 21 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Moores Pocket?

Across 207 surveyed parcels in Moores Pocket, the median lot size is about 805 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Moores Pocket have a train station?

There is no train station inside Moores Pocket itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.

What is the population of Moores Pocket?

At the 2021 Census Moores Pocket had 772 usual residents, with a median age of 65 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider North Ipswich - Tivoli statistical area, which contains Moores Pocket, went from 6,026 people in 2001 to 6,671 in 2025, up 11%.

Is Moores Pocket an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Moores Pocket scores 895 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Moores Pocket?

Median household income in Moores Pocket was $829 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $225 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
North Booval 0.5 km 100% 25%
East Ipswich 1.1 km 94% <1%
Basin Pocket 1.3 km 100% 0%
Tivoli 1.5 km 72% 76%
Booval 1.9 km 70% 0%
Newtown 2.1 km 43% 0%
North Tivoli 2.2 km 94% 85%
North Ipswich 2.3 km 60% 20%
Silkstone 2.7 km 40% 9%
Bundamba 2.9 km 76% 31%

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