Nudgee flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Nudgee (Brisbane City, QLD) - 3.93 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 Nudgee's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Nudgee properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,967 Nudgee properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Nudgee

Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed aircraft traffic is a separate question from the contour.

Inside an aircraft noise contour

17%

17% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.

Highest contour present

ANEF 30

Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.

Contours held

  • Brisbane City Plan Airport Environs ANEF

Nudgee flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 1,967 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Nudgee; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

0.6%

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

  • February 2022: 9
  • January 2011: 5

Mapped overland flow

9.2%

180 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 80
  • Medium: 77
  • High: 6
  • Affected: 17

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.

Nudgee at a glance

Parcels 1,927 Median lot 497 m² Mapped easements 203 Train Nudgee station Bus stops 19 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Nudgee

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: 0.08 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 0.46 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 Nudgee is zoned

Sport and recreation (District) 31%
Low density residential 23%
Conservation (District) 9%
Environmental management 7%
Cemetery 7%
Emerging community 7%

Selling in Nudgee? 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 3.93 km², Nudgee is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 52% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 20% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 10 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Sport and recreation (District). The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 497 m² across 1,927 parcels.

Recent development applications in Nudgee

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

16

Latest included submission: 26 August 2026.

Previous 12 months: 37 (57% lower in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Building work: 9

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 Nudgee

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

Population
4,377
usual residents, 2021
Median age
37
years
Median household income
$2,620
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$488
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,167
per month
Household size
2.7
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 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1085, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Nudgee's 4,377 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.1%
5-14 13.0%
15-19 5.3%
20-24 4.7%
25-34 15.7%
35-44 18.1%
45-54 12.7%
55-64 9.3%
65-74 6.0%
75-84 3.9%
85+ 4.3%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

7,099 in 2001 to 11,757 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.

Nudgee property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,205,000

Median sale price from 157 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$875,000

Median sale price from 35 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.

Nudgee 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)Inside a held contourthe 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 totalsBrisbane 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 Nudgee 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 1,900 Nudgee 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 Nudgee lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Nudgee planning - frequently asked

Is Nudgee flood-prone?

About 52% of Nudgee falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 8% of the 1,967 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 50 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Nudgee bushfire-prone?

Around 20% of Nudgee is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

Is Nudgee affected by aircraft noise?

About 17% of Nudgee sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 30 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.

What is the zoning in Nudgee?

The dominant planning zone in Nudgee is Sport and recreation (District), though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Conservation (District).

Does Nudgee have heritage-listed places?

Nudgee has 10 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Nudgee hilly or flat?

Nudgee is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 3 m to 26 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Nudgee?

Across 1,927 surveyed parcels in Nudgee, the median lot size is about 497 m². There are also 203 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Nudgee have a train station?

Yes - Nudgee has 1 train station: Nudgee station. It is also served by 19 bus stops.

What is the population of Nudgee?

At the 2021 Census Nudgee had 4,377 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Nudgee - Banyo statistical area, which contains Nudgee, went from 7,099 people in 2001 to 11,757 in 2025, up 66%.

Is Nudgee an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nudgee scores 1085 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 Nudgee?

Median household income in Nudgee was $2,620 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $488 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Banyo 1.2 km 47% 7%
Nudgee Beach 1.9 km 93% 6%
Virginia 2.7 km 67% 8%
Northgate 2.9 km 43% 0%
Boondall 3.0 km 67% 39%
Brisbane Airport 3.2 km Not measured 12%
Nundah 4.3 km 37% 0%
Geebung 4.4 km 39% 0%
Shorncliffe 4.9 km 75% <1%
Wavell Heights 5.0 km 26% 0%

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