Upper Caboolture flood map & planning overlays
Upper Caboolture's crowd is youthful for the region, with a median age of 33, joint 4th-youngest.
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A planning-constraint profile of Upper Caboolture
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 12.13 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
12.13 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Upper Caboolture's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Upper Caboolture properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 2,193 analysed Upper Caboolture properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 2,193 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Upper Caboolture.
Upper Caboolture flood history and overland flow
Suburb-wide totals across 2,193 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
403 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 403
Source: Moreton Bay Regional 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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Upper Caboolture
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Upper Caboolture at a glance
Schools in and near Upper Caboolture
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.20 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.73 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 Upper Caboolture is zoned
Selling in Upper Caboolture? 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 12.13 km², Upper Caboolture is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 57% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 933 m² across 2,131 parcels.
Recent development applications in Upper Caboolture
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Moreton Bay Regional Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
Latest included submission: 29 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 16 (88% higher in the latest period).
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 8 November 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Upper Caboolture
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Upper Caboolture 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 962, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Upper Caboolture's 5,087 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Upper Caboolture, the wider ABS statistical area containing Upper Caboolture. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Upper Caboolture itself.
2,165 in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.
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.
Upper Caboolture property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Upper Caboolture, the wider statistical area containing Upper Caboolture. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 76 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.
Upper Caboolture 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 |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| 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 | Moreton Bay Regional Council |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 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 Upper Caboolture 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 90% of Upper Caboolture. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 310 Upper Caboolture 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 to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Upper Caboolture lot.
Upper Caboolture planning - frequently asked
Is Upper Caboolture flood-prone?
About 29% of Upper Caboolture falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 34% of the 2,193 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 656 rated high risk or historically affected. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 310 Upper Caboolture addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Upper Caboolture bushfire-prone?
Around 57% of Upper Caboolture is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
Is Upper Caboolture under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 90% of Upper Caboolture, and over about 100% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 19 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Upper Caboolture?
The dominant planning zone in Upper Caboolture is Rural residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and conservation and Emerging community.
Does Upper Caboolture have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Upper Caboolture.
Is Upper Caboolture hilly or flat?
Upper Caboolture is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 14 m to 46 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Upper Caboolture?
Across 2,131 surveyed parcels in Upper Caboolture, the median lot size is about 933 m². There are also 456 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Upper Caboolture have a train station?
There is no train station inside Upper Caboolture itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Upper Caboolture?
At the 2021 Census Upper Caboolture had 5,087 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Upper Caboolture statistical area, which contains Upper Caboolture, went from 2,165 people in 2001 to 3,597 in 2025, up 66%.
Is Upper Caboolture an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Upper Caboolture scores 962 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Upper Caboolture?
Median household income in Upper Caboolture was $1,879 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,820 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilywood | 1.8 km | 57% | 20% |
| Wagtail Grove | 2.7 km | 38% | 74% |
| Greenstone | 3.3 km | 27% | 99% |
| Morayfield | 3.8 km | 38% | 47% |
| Waraba | 3.8 km | 12% | 96% |
| Corymbia | 4.2 km | 14% | 100% |
| Bellmere | 4.6 km | 58% | 62% |
| Moorina | 4.6 km | 16% | 86% |
| Caboolture South | 5.6 km | 80% | 6% |
| Rocksberg | 5.8 km | 21% | 86% |