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Taringa flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Taringa (Brisbane City, QLD) - 2.12 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 Taringa's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Taringa properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 5,219 Taringa properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Taringa flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 5,219 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Taringa; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

16.3%

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

  • Historic Flood 1974: 843
  • January 2011: 683
  • February 2022: 541

Mapped overland flow

24.3%

1,267 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 220
  • Medium: 654
  • High: 101
  • Affected: 292

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.

Taringa at a glance

Parcels 5,247 Median lot 517 m² Mapped easements 407 Train Taringa station Bus stops 65 Schools in suburb 0

Schools in and near Taringa

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

0

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 0.23 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 0.14 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 Taringa is zoned

Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) 43%
Low density residential 21%
Character residential (Character) 6%
Character residential (Infill housing) 5%
Medium density residential 4%
District centre (Corridor) 4%

Selling in Taringa? 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 2.12 km², Taringa is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 39% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix). The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 517 m² across 5,247 parcels.

Recent development applications in Taringa

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

29

Latest included submission: 11 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 29 (0% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 11
  • Building work: 18

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 Taringa

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

Population
8,732
usual residents, 2021
Median age
33
years
Median household income
$1,902
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$385
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$1,900
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 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1093, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Taringa's 8,732 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.9%
5-14 9.3%
15-19 5.4%
20-24 13.7%
25-34 20.8%
35-44 14.9%
45-54 10.6%
55-64 7.7%
65-74 6.8%
75-84 4.9%
85+ 2.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

6,742 in 2001 to 10,156 in 2025, up 51%.

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.

Taringa property market snapshot

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

House sales

$1,755,000

Median sale price from 54 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$830,000

Median sale price from 206 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.

Taringa 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 Taringa 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 5,200 Taringa 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 Taringa lot.

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Taringa planning - frequently asked

Is Taringa flood-prone?

About 27% of Taringa falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 28% of the 5,219 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 452 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Taringa bushfire-prone?

Around 39% of Taringa is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Taringa?

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

Does Taringa have heritage-listed places?

Taringa has 17 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Taringa hilly or flat?

Taringa is hilly: the median ground slope is about 14%, and 42% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 55 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Taringa?

Across 5,247 surveyed parcels in Taringa, the median lot size is about 517 m². There are also 407 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Taringa have a train station?

Yes - Taringa has 1 train station: Taringa station. It is also served by 65 bus stops.

What is the population of Taringa?

At the 2021 Census Taringa had 8,732 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Taringa statistical area, which contains Taringa, went from 6,742 people in 2001 to 10,156 in 2025, up 51%.

Is Taringa an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Taringa scores 1093 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 Taringa?

Median household income in Taringa was $1,902 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $385 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,900 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Indooroopilly 1.3 km 56% 40%
Toowong 1.8 km 32% 35%
Chelmer 2.1 km 89% <1%
St Lucia 2.2 km 64% 13%
West End 2.5 km 72% 0%
Auchenflower 2.5 km 48% 0%
Graceville 3.0 km 89% 0%
Yeronga 3.3 km 74% <1%
Highgate Hill 3.3 km 21% 0%
Milton 3.5 km 85% 0%

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