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Mount Delaney flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Mount Delaney (Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 14.91 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 Mount Delaney's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Delaney properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 37 Mount Delaney properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Mount Delaney flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 37 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Mount Delaney; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Mapped overland flow

73.0%

27 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 27

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.

Mount Delaney at a glance

Parcels 49 Median lot 162,308 m² Mapped easements 3 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 81%

Schools in and near Mount Delaney

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: 5.62 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 5.62 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 Mount Delaney is zoned

Rural 85%
Environmental management and conservation 10%
Limited development 5%

Selling in Mount Delaney? 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 14.91 km², Mount Delaney is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 81% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 162,308 m² across 49 parcels.

Recent development applications in Mount Delaney

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

0

No geocoded application submissions were found for this suburb in the 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Mount Delaney

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

Population
80
usual residents, 2021
Median age
37
years
Median household income
$1,593
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $1,827
Median rent
$250
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $363
Median mortgage
$1,866
per month
Household size
3.1
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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1011, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Mount Delaney's 80 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.1%
5-14 22.9%
15-19 8.6%
20-24 0.0%
25-34 7.1%
35-44 12.9%
45-54 15.7%
55-64 20.0%
65-74 5.7%
75-84 0.0%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Delaney. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Delaney itself.

5,598 in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.

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.

Mount Delaney property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider statistical area containing Mount Delaney. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$1,050,000

Median sale price from 192 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.

Mount Delaney 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 Mount Delaney 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 Mount Delaney. 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 Mount Delaney lot.

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Mount Delaney planning - frequently asked

Is Mount Delaney flood-prone?

About 18% of Mount Delaney falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 84% of the 37 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 31 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Mount Delaney bushfire-prone?

Around 81% of Mount Delaney is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.

What is the zoning in Mount Delaney?

The dominant planning zone in Mount Delaney is Rural, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Limited development.

Does Mount Delaney have heritage-listed places?

Mount Delaney has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Mount Delaney hilly or flat?

Mount Delaney is steep: the median ground slope is about 21%, and 68% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 131 m to 337 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Mount Delaney?

Across 49 surveyed parcels in Mount Delaney, the median lot size is about 162,308 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Mount Delaney?

At the 2021 Census Mount Delaney had 80 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Woodford - D'Aguilar statistical area, which contains Mount Delaney, went from 5,598 people in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.

Is Mount Delaney an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Delaney scores 1011 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Mount Delaney?

Median household income in Mount Delaney was $1,593 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,866 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Neurum 4.8 km 38% 63%
Mount Archer
Somerset Regional
5.1 km <1% 75%
Delaneys Creek 6.0 km 18% 83%
Mount Mee 6.2 km 9% 82%
D'Aguilar 9.0 km 26% 74%
Villeneuve
Somerset Regional
11.0 km 0% 50%
Stony Creek 11.0 km 35% 66%
Wamuran Basin 11.4 km 10% 99%
Westvale
Somerset Regional
11.5 km Not mapped 29%
Campbells Pocket 11.6 km 9% 99%

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