Spring Mountain flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Spring Mountain
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 19.08 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
19.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Spring Mountain's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Spring Mountain properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,583 Spring Mountain properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,583 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Spring Mountain.
Spring Mountain at a glance
Schools in and near Spring Mountain
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
1 school 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: 0.35 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 Spring Mountain is zoned
Selling in Spring Mountain? 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 19.08 km², Spring Mountain is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Conservation. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 400 m² across 3,599 parcels.
Who lives in Spring Mountain
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Spring Mountain 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 1061, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Spring Mountain's 6,085 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ripley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Spring Mountain. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Spring Mountain itself.
1,938 in 2001 to 23,459 in 2025, up 1110%.
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 Mountain property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Ripley, the wider statistical area containing Spring Mountain. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 709 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 15 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 Mountain 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) |
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 Spring Mountain 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 over parts of Spring Mountain. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Mountain lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Spring Mountain planning - frequently asked
Is Spring Mountain flood-prone?
About 10% of Spring Mountain falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 7% of the 3,583 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 122 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Spring Mountain bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Spring Mountain is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 51%.
What is the zoning in Spring Mountain?
The dominant planning zone in Spring Mountain is Conservation, though the suburb also includes Note: Refer to Springfield Structure Plan and Environmental management.
Does Spring Mountain have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Spring Mountain.
Is Spring Mountain hilly or flat?
Spring Mountain is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 5% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 68 m to 121 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Spring Mountain?
Across 3,599 surveyed parcels in Spring Mountain, the median lot size is about 400 m². There are also 120 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Spring Mountain have a train station?
There is no train station inside Spring Mountain itself. The suburb is served by 10 bus stops.
What is the population of Spring Mountain?
At the 2021 Census Spring Mountain had 6,085 usual residents, with a median age of 29 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Ripley statistical area, which contains Spring Mountain, went from 1,938 people in 2001 to 23,459 in 2025, up 1110%.
Is Spring Mountain an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Spring Mountain scores 1061 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 Mountain?
Median household income in Spring Mountain was $2,399 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $445 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock | 3.2 km | 10% | 100% |
| Springfield Central | 4.0 km | 28% | 71% |
| Springfield Lakes | 5.0 km | 14% | 55% |
| Augustine Heights | 5.3 km | 23% | 59% |
| Brookwater | 5.9 km | 23% | 64% |
| South Ripley | 6.1 km | 20% | 77% |
| Redbank Plains | 6.7 km | 18% | 43% |
| Springfield | 6.7 km | 21% | 61% |
| Lyons Logan City |
7.7 km | 21% | 97% |
| Bellbird Park | 7.7 km | 24% | 54% |