Ocean View flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Ocean View (Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 39.47 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ocean View's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Ocean View properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 512 Ocean View properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Ocean View flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 512 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Ocean View; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Mapped overland flow

86.5%

443 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 443

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.

Ocean View at a glance

Parcels 517 Median lot 20,137 m² Mapped easements 90 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 81%

Schools in and near Ocean View

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: 1.96 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 6.29 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 Ocean View is zoned

Rural 66%
Rural residential 27%
Extractive industry 4%
Environmental management and conservation 2%
Recreation and open space 1%
Limited development 0%

Selling in Ocean View? 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 39.47 km², Ocean View is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 93% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is steep, and the median lot measures about 20,137 m² across 517 parcels.

Recent development applications in Ocean View

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

<5

The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.

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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Ocean View

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

Population
1,022
usual residents, 2021
Median age
50
years
Median household income
$2,184
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $1,827
Median rent
$350
per week, Moreton Bay City suburb typical $363
Median mortgage
$2,175
per month
Household size
2.6
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 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1063, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Ocean View's 1,022 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.5%
5-14 10.0%
15-19 5.7%
20-24 3.6%
25-34 7.8%
35-44 10.4%
45-54 18.2%
55-64 21.6%
65-74 13.0%
75-84 5.0%
85+ 1.3%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

5,554 in 2001 to 10,103 in 2025, up 82%.

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.

Ocean View property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,400,000

Median sale price from 135 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.

Ocean View 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 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 Ocean View 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 Ocean View. 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 Ocean View lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Ocean View planning - frequently asked

Is Ocean View flood-prone?

About 8% of Ocean View falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 512 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 2 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Ocean View bushfire-prone?

Around 93% of Ocean View is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.

What is the zoning in Ocean View?

The dominant planning zone in Ocean View is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural residential and Extractive industry.

Does Ocean View have heritage-listed places?

Ocean View has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

Is Ocean View hilly or flat?

Ocean View is steep: the median ground slope is about 18%, and 70% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 245 m to 480 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Ocean View?

Across 517 surveyed parcels in Ocean View, the median lot size is about 20,137 m². There are also 90 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Ocean View?

At the 2021 Census Ocean View had 1,022 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Dayboro statistical area, which contains Ocean View, went from 5,554 people in 2001 to 10,103 in 2025, up 82%.

Is Ocean View an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ocean View scores 1063 and sits in decile 9 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 Ocean View?

Median household income in Ocean View was $2,184 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,175 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Mount Pleasant 3.5 km 15% 77%
Rocksberg 4.6 km 21% 86%
King Scrub 5.1 km 14% 66%
Campbells Pocket 5.9 km 9% 99%
Greenstone 7.1 km 27% 99%
Moorina 7.3 km 16% 86%
Corymbia 7.8 km 14% 100%
Dayboro 8.6 km 38% 56%
Wagtail Grove 8.6 km 38% 74%
Mount Mee 8.9 km 9% 82%

See all Moreton Bay City suburb profiles →