Mount Marrow flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Mount Marrow
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 8.26 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
8.26 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mount Marrow's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Mount Marrow properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 73 Mount Marrow properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 73 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Mount Marrow.
Mount Marrow at a glance
Schools in and near Mount Marrow
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: 0.82 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 Marrow is zoned
Selling in Mount Marrow? 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 8.26 km², Mount Marrow is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 51% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 85,824 m² across 77 parcels.
Who lives in Mount Marrow
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mount Marrow 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 959, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mount Marrow's 182 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rosewood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mount Marrow. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mount Marrow itself.
10,905 in 2001 to 16,825 in 2025, up 54%.
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 Marrow property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Rosewood, the wider statistical area containing Mount Marrow. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 315 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 13 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 Marrow 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 12 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 Marrow 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.
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 Marrow lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Mount Marrow planning - frequently asked
Is Mount Marrow flood-prone?
About 18% of Mount Marrow falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 45% of the 73 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 29 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Mount Marrow bushfire-prone?
Around 51% of Mount Marrow is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 51%.
What is the zoning in Mount Marrow?
The dominant planning zone in Mount Marrow is Rural, though the suburb also includes Emerging community and Environmental management.
Does Mount Marrow have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Mount Marrow.
Is Mount Marrow hilly or flat?
Mount Marrow is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 15% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 63 m to 185 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Mount Marrow?
Across 77 surveyed parcels in Mount Marrow, the median lot size is about 85,824 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Mount Marrow?
At the 2021 Census Mount Marrow had 182 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Rosewood statistical area, which contains Mount Marrow, went from 10,905 people in 2001 to 16,825 in 2025, up 54%.
Is Mount Marrow an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mount Marrow scores 959 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mount Marrow?
Median household income in Mount Marrow was $2,031 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $438 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thagoona | 3.6 km | 68% | 54% |
| Haigslea | 3.6 km | 2% | 34% |
| Marburg | 4.0 km | 20% | 42% |
| Walloon | 4.7 km | 45% | 67% |
| Rosewood | 5.3 km | 64% | 40% |
| Tallegalla | 6.4 km | 7% | 63% |
| Haigslea Somerset Regional |
6.4 km | 0% | 42% |
| Marburg Somerset Regional |
6.7 km | 0% | 63% |
| Jeebropilly | 6.7 km | 36% | 15% |
| Ironbark | 6.9 km | 23% | 95% |