Moorina flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Moorina (Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 14.78 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 Moorina's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Moorina properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 157 Moorina properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Moorina flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 157 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Moorina; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Mapped overland flow

91.7%

144 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 144

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.

Moorina at a glance

Parcels 158 Median lot 40,010 m² Mapped easements 47 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 52%

Schools in and near Moorina

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: 2.69 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 2.69 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 Moorina is zoned

Rural 91%
Extractive industry 6%
Recreation and open space 2%
Limited development 1%
Environmental management and conservation 0%

Selling in Moorina? 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 14.78 km², Moorina is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 86% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 40,010 m² across 158 parcels.

Recent development applications in Moorina

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

<5

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 Moorina

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

Population
403
usual residents, 2021
Median age
48
years
Median household income
$2,416
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $1,827
Median rent
$370
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $363
Median mortgage
$2,167
per month
Household size
2.8
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 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1028, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Moorina's 403 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 2.9%
5-14 7.4%
15-19 10.3%
20-24 6.1%
25-34 7.1%
35-44 11.8%
45-54 18.6%
55-64 17.9%
65-74 14.2%
75-84 3.7%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Upper Caboolture, the wider ABS statistical area containing Moorina. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Moorina 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.

Moorina property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Upper Caboolture, the wider statistical area containing Moorina. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$1,240,500

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.

Moorina 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)
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsMoreton 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 Moorina 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 Moorina. 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 Moorina lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Moorina planning - frequently asked

Is Moorina flood-prone?

About 16% of Moorina falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 27% of the 157 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 41 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Moorina bushfire-prone?

Around 86% of Moorina is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.

What is the zoning in Moorina?

The dominant planning zone in Moorina is Rural, though the suburb also includes Extractive industry and Recreation and open space.

Does Moorina have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Moorina.

Is Moorina hilly or flat?

Moorina is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 36% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 37 m to 127 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Moorina?

Across 158 surveyed parcels in Moorina, the median lot size is about 40,010 m². There are also 47 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Moorina?

At the 2021 Census Moorina had 403 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Upper Caboolture statistical area, which contains Moorina, went from 2,165 people in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.

Is Moorina an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Moorina scores 1028 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Moorina?

Median household income in Moorina was $2,416 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $370 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Greenstone 4.1 km 27% 99%
Upper Caboolture 4.6 km 29% 57%
Rocksberg 4.7 km 21% 86%
King Scrub 4.9 km 14% 66%
Wagtail Grove 5.4 km 38% 74%
Corymbia 6.0 km 14% 100%
Lilywood 6.1 km 57% 20%
Rush Creek 6.2 km 23% 93%
Morayfield 6.7 km 38% 47%
Waraba 6.8 km 12% 96%

See all Moreton Bay City suburb profiles →