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Shailer Park flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Shailer Park (Logan City, QLD) - 8.06 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 Shailer Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Shailer Park properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 5,173 Shailer Park properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Shailer Park flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 5,173 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Shailer Park; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

4.5%

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

  • Historic Flood 2022: 191
  • Historic Flood 2017: 153
  • Historic Flood 1974: 68

Mapped overland flow

50.3%

2,600 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 2,600

Source: Logan 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.

Shailer Park at a glance

Parcels 4,742 Median lot 1,025 m² Mapped easements 560 Bus stops 59 Schools in suburb 5 Landslide overlay 36%

Schools in and near Shailer Park

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

5

3 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; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.

How Shailer Park is zoned

Low Density Residential 65%
Environmental Management and Conservation 15%
Recreation and Open Space 6%
Centre 6%
Community Facilities 4%
Specialised Centre 2%

Selling in Shailer Park? 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 8.06 km², Shailer Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 27% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 1,025 m² across 4,742 parcels.

Who lives in Shailer Park

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

Population
12,182
usual residents, 2021
Median age
39
years
Median household income
$2,227
per week, Logan City suburb typical $1,924
Median rent
$410
per week, Logan City suburb typical $395
Median mortgage
$1,993
per month
Household size
2.9
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 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1035, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Shailer Park's 12,182 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.0%
5-14 13.7%
15-19 6.6%
20-24 5.7%
25-34 11.7%
35-44 15.2%
45-54 14.2%
55-64 13.0%
65-74 9.9%
75-84 3.3%
85+ 0.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

10,997 in 2001 to 12,717 in 2025, up 16%.

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.

Shailer Park property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,200,000

Median sale price from 169 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$645,000

Median sale price from 33 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.

Shailer Park 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)

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 Shailer Park 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 60 Shailer Park 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 Shailer Park lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Shailer Park planning - frequently asked

Is Shailer Park flood-prone?

About 27% of Shailer Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Across the suburb, 13% of the 5,173 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 260 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Shailer Park bushfire-prone?

Around 27% of Shailer Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Logan City average of 54%.

What is the zoning in Shailer Park?

The dominant planning zone in Shailer Park is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Recreation and Open Space.

Does Shailer Park have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Shailer Park.

Is Shailer Park hilly or flat?

Shailer Park is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 22% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 12 m to 119 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Shailer Park?

Across 4,742 surveyed parcels in Shailer Park, the median lot size is about 1,025 m². There are also 560 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Shailer Park have a train station?

There is no train station inside Shailer Park itself. The suburb is served by 59 bus stops.

What is the population of Shailer Park?

At the 2021 Census Shailer Park had 12,182 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Shailer Park statistical area, which contains Shailer Park, went from 10,997 people in 2001 to 12,717 in 2025, up 16%.

Is Shailer Park an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Shailer Park scores 1035 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 Shailer Park?

Median household income in Shailer Park was $2,227 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,924 for the typical suburb in Logan City. Median rent was $410 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,993 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Tanah Merah 2.3 km 50% 32%
Daisy Hill 2.9 km 29% 59%
Meadowbrook 3.5 km 97% 29%
Cornubia 3.8 km 40% 77%
Loganholme 3.9 km 87% 34%
Bethania 4.4 km 88% 13%
Springwood 4.8 km 25% 35%
Slacks Creek 4.8 km 69% 29%
Loganlea 4.8 km 80% 13%
Priestdale 4.9 km 23% 97%

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