Norman Park flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Norman Park
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 2.28 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
2.28 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Norman Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Norman Park properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,796 Norman Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,796 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Norman Park.
Norman Park flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 3,796 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Norman Park; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
945 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 891
- January 2011: 697
- February 2022: 671
Mapped overland flow
811 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 195
- Medium: 507
- High: 46
- Affected: 63
Source: Brisbane 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.
Norman Park at a glance
Schools in and near Norman Park
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: 0.10 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 Norman Park is zoned
Selling in Norman Park? 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 2.28 km², Norman Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 47% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 1% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 23 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix). The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 407 m² across 3,521 parcels.
Recent development applications in Norman Park
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Brisbane City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 11 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 54 (24% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 13
- Building work: 53
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 Norman Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Norman Park 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 1134, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Norman Park's 6,842 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Norman Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Norman Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Norman Park itself.
5,250 in 2001 to 7,414 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Norman Park property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Norman Park, the wider statistical area containing Norman Park. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 126 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 52 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.
Norman Park 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) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Brisbane City 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 Norman Park 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 here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 3,700 Norman Park 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 (+$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 Norman Park lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Norman Park planning - frequently asked
Is Norman Park flood-prone?
About 47% of Norman Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 34% of the 3,796 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 477 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Norman Park bushfire-prone?
Around 1% of Norman Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Norman Park?
The dominant planning zone in Norman Park is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix), though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Low density residential.
Does Norman Park have heritage-listed places?
Norman Park has 23 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Norman Park hilly or flat?
Norman Park is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 13% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 34 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Norman Park?
Across 3,521 surveyed parcels in Norman Park, the median lot size is about 407 m². There are also 340 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Norman Park have a train station?
Yes - Norman Park has 1 train station: Norman Park station. It is also served by 23 bus stops.
What is the population of Norman Park?
At the 2021 Census Norman Park had 6,842 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Norman Park statistical area, which contains Norman Park, went from 5,250 people in 2001 to 7,414 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Norman Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Norman Park scores 1134 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Norman Park?
Median household income in Norman Park was $2,879 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Brisbane | 1.5 km | 48% | 0% |
| Hawthorne | 1.6 km | 58% | 0% |
| Seven Hills | 1.7 km | 11% | 45% |
| New Farm | 1.9 km | 60% | 0% |
| Coorparoo | 2.1 km | 35% | 4% |
| Kangaroo Point | 2.4 km | 55% | 0% |
| Morningside | 2.4 km | 48% | 8% |
| Balmoral | 2.6 km | 23% | 0% |
| Stones Corner | 2.6 km | 76% | 0% |
| Camp Hill | 2.6 km | 14% | 22% |