Tarragindi flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Tarragindi
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 4.46 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
4.46 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tarragindi's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Tarragindi properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 5,100 Tarragindi properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 5,100 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Tarragindi.
Tarragindi flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 5,100 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Tarragindi; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
46 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 46
Mapped overland flow
665 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 224
- Medium: 280
- High: 128
- Affected: 33
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.
Tarragindi at a glance
Schools in and near Tarragindi
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 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: 0.22 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 Tarragindi is zoned
Selling in Tarragindi? 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 4.46 km², Tarragindi is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 33% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 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 612 m² across 4,567 parcels.
Recent development applications in Tarragindi
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
Latest included submission: 4 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 27 (44% higher in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 6
- Reconfiguring a lot: 8
- Building work: 12
- Operational work: 5
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 19 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Tarragindi
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tarragindi 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 1120, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tarragindi's 11,035 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Tarragindi, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tarragindi. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tarragindi itself.
9,239 in 2001 to 11,785 in 2025, up 28%.
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.
Tarragindi property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Tarragindi, the wider statistical area containing Tarragindi. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 197 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 11 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.
Tarragindi 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) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Brisbane 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 Tarragindi 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 5,100 Tarragindi 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 Tarragindi lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Tarragindi planning - frequently asked
Is Tarragindi flood-prone?
About 13% of Tarragindi falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 2% of the 5,100 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 81 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Tarragindi bushfire-prone?
Around 33% of Tarragindi is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Tarragindi?
The dominant planning zone in Tarragindi is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Open space (Local).
Does Tarragindi have heritage-listed places?
Tarragindi has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Tarragindi hilly or flat?
Tarragindi is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 16 m to 71 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Tarragindi?
Across 4,567 surveyed parcels in Tarragindi, the median lot size is about 612 m². There are also 226 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Tarragindi have a train station?
There is no train station inside Tarragindi itself. The suburb is served by 91 bus stops.
What is the population of Tarragindi?
At the 2021 Census Tarragindi had 11,035 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Tarragindi statistical area, which contains Tarragindi, went from 9,239 people in 2001 to 11,785 in 2025, up 28%.
Is Tarragindi an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tarragindi scores 1120 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 Tarragindi?
Median household income in Tarragindi was $2,934 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,459 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenslopes | 1.8 km | 25% | 13% |
| Annerley | 1.9 km | 15% | <1% |
| Holland Park West | 1.9 km | 22% | 18% |
| Moorooka | 2.1 km | 27% | 13% |
| Nathan | 2.6 km | 13% | 94% |
| Salisbury | 2.9 km | 30% | 16% |
| Holland Park | 3.0 km | 14% | 10% |
| Fairfield | 3.0 km | 91% | 0% |
| Stones Corner | 3.1 km | 76% | 0% |
| Mount Gravatt | 3.2 km | 13% | 65% |