Sheldon flood map & planning overlays
Sheldon is 97.2% bushfire-mapped, the most in Redland City, and its 2nd-best paid.
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A planning-constraint profile of Sheldon
(Redland City, QLD) - 22.8 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
22.8 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Sheldon'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 Sheldon properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 629 analysed Sheldon properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 629 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Sheldon.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Sheldon
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 1,000 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.
Sheldon at a glance
Schools in and near Sheldon
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
1 school providing primary years and 1 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 Sheldon is zoned
Selling in Sheldon? 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 22.8 km², Sheldon is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 97% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 15,078 m² across 631 parcels.
Who lives in Sheldon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Sheldon 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 1074, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Sheldon's 1,762 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Sheldon - Mount Cotton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Sheldon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Sheldon itself.
4,392 in 2001 to 8,742 in 2025, up 99%.
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.
Sheldon property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Sheldon - Mount Cotton, the wider statistical area containing Sheldon. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 141 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.
Sheldon 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) |
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 Sheldon 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 95% of Sheldon. 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 530 Sheldon 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 Sheldon lot.
Sheldon planning - frequently asked
Is Sheldon flood-prone?
About 12% of Sheldon falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%. Across the suburb, 70% of the 629 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 530 Sheldon addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Sheldon bushfire-prone?
Around 97% of Sheldon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Redland City average of 41%.
Is Sheldon under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 95% of Sheldon, and over about 99% 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 33 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 Sheldon?
The dominant planning zone in Sheldon is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation and Community Facilities.
Does Sheldon have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Sheldon.
Is Sheldon hilly or flat?
Sheldon is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 7%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 20 m to 77 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Sheldon?
Across 631 surveyed parcels in Sheldon, the median lot size is about 15,078 m². There are also 149 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Sheldon have a train station?
There is no train station inside Sheldon itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Sheldon?
At the 2021 Census Sheldon had 1,762 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Sheldon - Mount Cotton statistical area, which contains Sheldon, went from 4,392 people in 2001 to 8,742 in 2025, up 99%.
Is Sheldon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sheldon scores 1074 and sits in decile 10 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 Sheldon?
Median household income in Sheldon was $2,558 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,488 for the typical suburb in Redland City. Median rent was $473 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cotton | 4.2 km | 19% | 93% |
| Priestdale Logan City |
4.4 km | 23% | 97% |
| Burbank Brisbane City |
4.8 km | 17% | 88% |
| Capalaba | 5.1 km | 13% | 50% |
| Alexandra Hills | 5.7 km | 6% | 50% |
| Thornlands | 6.1 km | 22% | 50% |
| Daisy Hill Logan City |
6.3 km | 29% | 59% |
| Rochedale South Logan City |
7.5 km | 22% | 18% |
| Springwood Logan City |
7.5 km | 25% | 35% |
| Shailer Park Logan City |
7.7 km | 27% | 27% |