Nundah flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Nundah
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 3.87 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
3.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Nundah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Nundah properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 8,489 Nundah properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 8,489 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Nundah.
Nundah flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 8,489 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Nundah; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
406 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 391
- Historic Flood 2011: 15
- January 2011: 10
Mapped overland flow
1,457 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 392
- Medium: 608
- High: 263
- Affected: 194
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.
Nundah at a glance
Schools in and near Nundah
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
2 schools providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Nundah is zoned
Selling in Nundah? 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 3.87 km², Nundah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 37% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 38 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 449 m² across 8,278 parcels.
Recent development applications in Nundah
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: 21 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 44 (2% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 17
- Reconfiguring a lot: 8
- Building work: 21
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 Nundah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Nundah 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 1047, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Nundah's 13,098 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Nundah, the wider ABS statistical area containing Nundah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Nundah itself.
8,233 in 2001 to 14,812 in 2025, up 80%.
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.
Nundah property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Nundah, the wider statistical area containing Nundah. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 93 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 393 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.
Nundah 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 Nundah 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 8,400 Nundah 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 Nundah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Nundah planning - frequently asked
Is Nundah flood-prone?
About 37% of Nundah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 13% of the 8,489 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 405 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Nundah bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Nundah and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Brisbane City average is 27%).
What is the zoning in Nundah?
The dominant planning zone in Nundah is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix), though the suburb also includes Sport and recreation (District) and Medium density residential.
Does Nundah have heritage-listed places?
Nundah has 38 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Nundah hilly or flat?
Nundah is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 3% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 4 m to 30 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Nundah?
Across 8,278 surveyed parcels in Nundah, the median lot size is about 449 m². There are also 352 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Nundah have a train station?
Yes - Nundah has 2 train stations: Nundah station, Toombul station. It is also served by 64 bus stops.
What is the population of Nundah?
At the 2021 Census Nundah had 13,098 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Nundah statistical area, which contains Nundah, went from 8,233 people in 2001 to 14,812 in 2025, up 80%.
Is Nundah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Nundah scores 1047 and sits in decile 9 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 Nundah?
Median household income in Nundah was $1,769 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northgate | 1.4 km | 43% | 0% |
| Wavell Heights | 1.8 km | 26% | 0% |
| Kalinga | 1.9 km | 40% | 0% |
| Hendra | 2.0 km | 42% | 0% |
| Clayfield | 2.2 km | 21% | 0% |
| Virginia | 2.6 km | 67% | 8% |
| Wooloowin | 3.0 km | 18% | 0% |
| Banyo | 3.0 km | 47% | 7% |
| Kedron | 3.2 km | 22% | 0% |
| Ascot | 3.2 km | 37% | 0% |