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Spring Hill flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Spring Hill (Brisbane City, QLD) - 1.31 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.

Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.

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

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How common is mapped flood risk across Spring Hill properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 5,457 Spring Hill properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Spring Hill flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 5,457 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Spring Hill; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Mapped overland flow

29.1%

1,589 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 406
  • Medium: 540
  • High: 8
  • Affected: 635

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.

Spring Hill at a glance

Parcels 5,274 Median lot 957 m² Mapped easements 319 Bus stops 46 Schools in suburb 9

Schools in and near Spring Hill

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

9

6 schools providing primary years and 7 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 Spring Hill is zoned

Mixed use (Inner city) 20%
Character residential (Character) 15%
Education purposes 14%
Sport and recreation (Metropolitan) 14%
Special purpose (Transport infrastructure) 9%
Principal centre (City centre) 9%

Selling in Spring Hill? 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 1.31 km², Spring Hill is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 118 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Mixed use (Inner city). The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 957 m² across 5,274 parcels.

Recent development applications in Spring Hill

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

43

Latest included submission: 11 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 54 (20% lower in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 13
  • Building work: 16

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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Spring Hill

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

Population
6,593
usual residents, 2021
Median age
32
years
Median household income
$1,889
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$410
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$1,700
per month
Household size
2.0
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 1051, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Spring Hill's 6,593 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 2.8%
5-14 5.0%
15-19 3.9%
20-24 11.5%
25-34 34.0%
35-44 18.1%
45-54 9.6%
55-64 7.7%
65-74 5.1%
75-84 1.7%
85+ 0.6%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

3,443 in 2001 to 9,361 in 2025, up 172%.

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.

Spring Hill property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,955,000

Median sale price from 23 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$673,500

Median sale price from 204 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.

Spring Hill 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 12 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 Spring Hill 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 5,400 Spring Hill 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 Spring Hill lot.

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Spring Hill planning - frequently asked

Is Spring Hill flood-prone?

About 13% of Spring Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 5,457 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.

Is Spring Hill bushfire-prone?

Bushfire mapping covers Spring Hill and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Brisbane City average is 27%).

What is the zoning in Spring Hill?

The dominant planning zone in Spring Hill is Mixed use (Inner city), though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Education purposes.

Does Spring Hill have heritage-listed places?

Spring Hill has 118 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Spring Hill hilly or flat?

Spring Hill is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 24% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 21 m to 50 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Spring Hill?

Across 5,274 surveyed parcels in Spring Hill, the median lot size is about 957 m². There are also 319 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Spring Hill have a train station?

There is no train station inside Spring Hill itself. The suburb is served by 46 bus stops.

What is the population of Spring Hill?

At the 2021 Census Spring Hill had 6,593 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Spring Hill statistical area, which contains Spring Hill, went from 3,443 people in 2001 to 9,361 in 2025, up 172%.

Is Spring Hill an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Spring Hill scores 1051 and sits in decile 9 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 Spring Hill?

Median household income in Spring Hill was $1,889 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $410 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,700 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Petrie Terrace 1.0 km 16% 0%
Herston 1.1 km 37% 0%
Brisbane City 1.3 km 64% 0%
Kelvin Grove 1.3 km 24% 0%
Fortitude Valley 1.4 km 44% 0%
Milton 2.0 km 85% 0%
Paddington 2.2 km 22% 10%
Kangaroo Point 2.2 km 55% 0%
Red Hill 2.2 km 20% 0%
Bowen Hills 2.3 km 60% 0%

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