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Salisbury flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Salisbury (Brisbane City, QLD) - 4.6 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.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Salisbury properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,425 Salisbury properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Salisbury flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 3,425 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Salisbury; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

4.4%

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

  • Historic Flood 1974: 101
  • February 2022: 76
  • January 2011: 25

Mapped overland flow

9.8%

334 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 132
  • Medium: 168
  • High: 23
  • Affected: 11

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.

Salisbury at a glance

Parcels 3,067 Median lot 622 m² Mapped easements 329 Train Salisbury station Bus stops 45 Schools in suburb 6 Landslide overlay <1%

Schools in and near Salisbury

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

6

4 schools providing primary years and 4 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 Salisbury is zoned

Low density residential 37%
General industry A 26%
Conservation (Metropolitan) 11%
General industry B 5%
Education purposes 4%
Low-medium density residential (Up to 3 storeys) 4%

Selling in Salisbury? 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 4.6 km², Salisbury is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 30% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 15 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 622 m² across 3,067 parcels.

Recent development applications in Salisbury

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

63

Latest included submission: 2 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 40 (57% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 13
  • Reconfiguring a lot: 24
  • Building work: 10
  • Operational 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 Salisbury

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

Population
6,790
usual residents, 2021
Median age
35
years
Median household income
$2,133
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$400
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,000
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 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1043, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Salisbury's 6,790 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 7.0%
5-14 13.1%
15-19 5.1%
20-24 6.4%
25-34 17.3%
35-44 16.9%
45-54 12.4%
55-64 9.6%
65-74 5.5%
75-84 3.9%
85+ 2.7%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

6,571 in 2001 to 8,341 in 2025, up 27%.

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.

Salisbury property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,290,000

Median sale price from 100 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.

Salisbury 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 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 Salisbury 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 3,400 Salisbury 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 Salisbury lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Salisbury planning - frequently asked

Is Salisbury flood-prone?

About 30% of Salisbury falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 17% of the 3,425 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 116 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Salisbury bushfire-prone?

Around 16% of Salisbury is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Salisbury?

The dominant planning zone in Salisbury is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes General industry A and Conservation (Metropolitan).

Does Salisbury have heritage-listed places?

Salisbury has 15 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Salisbury hilly or flat?

Salisbury is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 11 m to 46 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Salisbury?

Across 3,067 surveyed parcels in Salisbury, the median lot size is about 622 m². There are also 329 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Salisbury have a train station?

Yes - Salisbury has 1 train station: Salisbury station. It is also served by 45 bus stops.

What is the population of Salisbury?

At the 2021 Census Salisbury had 6,790 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Salisbury - Nathan statistical area, which contains Salisbury, went from 6,571 people in 2001 to 8,341 in 2025, up 27%.

Is Salisbury an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Salisbury scores 1043 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 Salisbury?

Median household income in Salisbury was $2,133 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Moorooka 1.6 km 27% 13%
Coopers Plains 2.1 km 58% 8%
Nathan 2.2 km 13% 94%
Rocklea 2.3 km 100% 8%
Yeerongpilly 2.8 km 81% 0%
Archerfield 2.8 km 85% 1%
Tarragindi 2.9 km 13% 33%
Robertson 3.3 km 13% 3%
Tennyson 3.7 km 100% 11%
Annerley 4.0 km 15% <1%

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