Scarborough flood map & planning overlays
Scarborough's median age is 53, joint 7th in Moreton Bay City.
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A planning-constraint profile of Scarborough
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 3.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Scarborough's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Scarborough properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 5,103 analysed Scarborough properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 5,103 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Scarborough.
Scarborough flood history and overland flow
Suburb-wide totals across 5,103 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
444 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 444
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Scarborough
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 7,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Scarborough at a glance
Schools in and near Scarborough
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
2 schools providing primary years and 2 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.
Which school zone is a Scarborough address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Scarborough is zoned
Selling in Scarborough? 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 3.27 km², Scarborough is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 46% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 532 m² across 4,838 parcels.
Recent development applications in Scarborough
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
Latest included submission: 16 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 42 (29% lower in the latest period).
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Scarborough
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Scarborough 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 993, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Scarborough's 9,178 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Scarborough - Newport, the wider ABS statistical area containing Scarborough. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Scarborough itself.
9,860 in 2001 to 18,187 in 2025, up 84%.
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.
Scarborough property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Scarborough - Newport, the wider statistical area containing Scarborough. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 349 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 199 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.
Scarborough 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 | Moreton Bay Regional Council |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Scarborough 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 71% of Scarborough. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 1,400 Scarborough 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Scarborough lot.
Scarborough planning - frequently asked
Is Scarborough flood-prone?
About 46% of Scarborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 37% of the 5,103 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 840 rated high risk or historically affected. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 1,400 Scarborough addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Scarborough bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Scarborough and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moreton Bay City average is 59%).
Is Scarborough under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 71% of Scarborough, and over about 100% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 7 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Scarborough?
The dominant planning zone in Scarborough is General residential, though the suburb also includes Industry and Recreation and open space.
Does Scarborough have heritage-listed places?
Scarborough has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Scarborough hilly or flat?
Scarborough is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 18 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Scarborough?
Across 4,838 surveyed parcels in Scarborough, the median lot size is about 532 m². There are also 259 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Scarborough have a train station?
There is no train station inside Scarborough itself. The suburb is served by 42 bus stops.
What is the population of Scarborough?
At the 2021 Census Scarborough had 9,178 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Scarborough - Newport statistical area, which contains Scarborough, went from 9,860 people in 2001 to 18,187 in 2025, up 84%.
Is Scarborough an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Scarborough scores 993 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Scarborough?
Median household income in Scarborough was $1,336 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 $1,907 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 2.1 km | 100% | 8% |
| Redcliffe | 2.5 km | 29% | 0% |
| Kippa-Ring | 3.4 km | 58% | 19% |
| Margate | 4.4 km | 21% | 0% |
| Clontarf | 5.5 km | 72% | 16% |
| Rothwell | 5.6 km | 80% | 30% |
| Woody Point | 5.9 km | 42% | 0% |
| Mango Hill | 7.6 km | 72% | 41% |
| North Lakes | 9.7 km | 27% | 18% |
| Griffin | 10.0 km | 87% | 38% |