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Stafford flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Stafford (Brisbane City, QLD) - 3.4 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 Stafford's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Stafford properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,964 Stafford properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Stafford flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 3,964 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Stafford; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

1.1%

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

  • February 2022: 44

Mapped overland flow

17.1%

679 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 205
  • Medium: 341
  • High: 11
  • Affected: 122

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.

Stafford at a glance

Parcels 3,658 Median lot 608 m² Mapped easements 222 Bus stops 59 Schools in suburb 3

Schools in and near Stafford

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

3

3 schools 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: 0.07 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 Stafford is zoned

Low density residential 45%
Open space (District) 11%
Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) 9%
District centre (District) 5%
Open space 4%
Sport and recreation (District) 4%

Selling in Stafford? 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 3.4 km², Stafford is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 26% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 18% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 608 m² across 3,658 parcels.

Recent development applications in Stafford

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

32

Latest included submission: 16 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 36 (11% lower in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 8
  • Reconfiguring a lot: 8
  • Building work: 10

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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.

Who lives in Stafford

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

Population
6,978
usual residents, 2021
Median age
35
years
Median household income
$1,753
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$360
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,000
per month
Household size
2.2
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 1022, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Stafford's 6,978 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.2%
5-14 10.9%
15-19 4.5%
20-24 7.8%
25-34 20.5%
35-44 15.6%
45-54 12.3%
55-64 9.9%
65-74 6.9%
75-84 3.4%
85+ 2.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

5,554 in 2001 to 7,421 in 2025, up 34%.

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.

Stafford property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,300,000

Median sale price from 124 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$739,000

Median sale price from 77 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.

Stafford 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 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 Stafford 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 3,900 Stafford 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 Stafford lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Stafford planning - frequently asked

Is Stafford flood-prone?

About 26% of Stafford falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 10% of the 3,964 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 39 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Stafford bushfire-prone?

Around 18% of Stafford is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Stafford?

The dominant planning zone in Stafford is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Open space (District) and Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix).

Does Stafford have heritage-listed places?

Stafford has 9 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Stafford hilly or flat?

Stafford 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 64 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Stafford?

Across 3,658 surveyed parcels in Stafford, the median lot size is about 608 m². There are also 222 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Stafford have a train station?

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

What is the population of Stafford?

At the 2021 Census Stafford had 6,978 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Stafford statistical area, which contains Stafford, went from 5,554 people in 2001 to 7,421 in 2025, up 34%.

Is Stafford an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Stafford scores 1022 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 Stafford?

Median household income in Stafford was $1,753 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Grange 1.3 km 22% 24%
Stafford Heights 1.5 km 13% 8%
Gordon Park 1.8 km 30% 0%
Alderley 1.9 km 26% 25%
Kedron 2.2 km 22% 0%
Everton Park 2.6 km 25% 17%
Lutwyche 2.6 km 22% 0%
Newmarket 2.7 km 32% 4%
Gaythorne 2.7 km 22% 5%
Wilston 2.8 km 36% 9%

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