Sandgate flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Sandgate
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 3.86 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
3.86 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sandgate's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Sandgate properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 2,744 Sandgate properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,744 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Sandgate.
Sandgate flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 2,744 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Sandgate; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
64 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 64
Mapped overland flow
350 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 174
- Medium: 150
- Affected: 23
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.
Sandgate at a glance
Schools in and near Sandgate
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 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.24 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 Sandgate is zoned
Selling in Sandgate? 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 3.86 km², Sandgate is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 62% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 19% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 44 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Conservation (District). The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 510 m² across 2,232 parcels.
Recent development applications in Sandgate
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: 7 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 33 (6% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 8
- Building work: 19
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 Sandgate
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sandgate 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 1041, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Sandgate's 4,926 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Sandgate - Shorncliffe, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sandgate. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sandgate itself.
6,048 in 2001 to 6,975 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Sandgate property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Sandgate - Shorncliffe, the wider statistical area containing Sandgate. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 121 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 20 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.
Sandgate 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 Sandgate 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 2,700 Sandgate 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 Sandgate lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Sandgate planning - frequently asked
Is Sandgate flood-prone?
About 62% of Sandgate falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 49% of the 2,744 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 1100 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Sandgate bushfire-prone?
Around 19% of Sandgate is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Sandgate?
The dominant planning zone in Sandgate is Conservation (District), though the suburb also includes Low density residential and Character residential (Character).
Does Sandgate have heritage-listed places?
Sandgate has 44 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Sandgate hilly or flat?
Sandgate is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 6% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 24 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Sandgate?
Across 2,232 surveyed parcels in Sandgate, the median lot size is about 510 m². There are also 160 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Sandgate have a train station?
Yes - Sandgate has 1 train station: Sandgate station. It is also served by 33 bus stops.
What is the population of Sandgate?
At the 2021 Census Sandgate had 4,926 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Sandgate - Shorncliffe statistical area, which contains Sandgate, went from 6,048 people in 2001 to 6,975 in 2025, up 15%.
Is Sandgate an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sandgate scores 1041 and sits in decile 8 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 Sandgate?
Median household income in Sandgate was $1,804 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $294 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deagon | 1.2 km | 57% | 4% |
| Shorncliffe | 2.1 km | 75% | <1% |
| Brighton | 2.5 km | 62% | 16% |
| Bracken Ridge | 2.9 km | 31% | 7% |
| Taigum | 3.0 km | 36% | 0% |
| Boondall | 3.5 km | 67% | 39% |
| Fitzgibbon | 4.0 km | 70% | 22% |
| Bald Hills | 4.7 km | 75% | 10% |
| Zillmere | 5.1 km | 29% | <1% |
| Nudgee Beach | 5.1 km | 93% | 6% |