Wamuran flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wamuran
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 68.11 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
68.11 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wamuran's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Wamuran properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,322 Wamuran properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,322 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Wamuran.
Wamuran flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 1,322 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Wamuran; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
707 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 707
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.
Wamuran at a glance
Schools in and near Wamuran
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: 3.27 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 Wamuran is zoned
Selling in Wamuran? 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 68.11 km², Wamuran is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 78% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 8,052 m² across 1,270 parcels.
Recent development applications in Wamuran
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: 22 July 2026.
Previous 12 months: 11 (18% lower 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Wamuran
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wamuran 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 994, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wamuran's 3,374 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wamuran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wamuran. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wamuran itself.
2,722 in 2001 to 4,522 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.
Wamuran property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Wamuran, the wider statistical area containing Wamuran. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 74 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.
Wamuran 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 | Moreton Bay Regional 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 Wamuran 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 250 Wamuran 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 Wamuran lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wamuran planning - frequently asked
Is Wamuran flood-prone?
About 27% of Wamuran falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 46% of the 1,322 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 486 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Wamuran bushfire-prone?
Around 78% of Wamuran is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in Wamuran?
The dominant planning zone in Wamuran is Rural, though the suburb also includes Emerging community and Rural residential.
Does Wamuran have heritage-listed places?
Wamuran has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Wamuran hilly or flat?
Wamuran is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 10% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 23 m to 105 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Wamuran?
Across 1,270 surveyed parcels in Wamuran, the median lot size is about 8,052 m². There are also 291 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Wamuran have a train station?
There is no train station inside Wamuran itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.
What is the population of Wamuran?
At the 2021 Census Wamuran had 3,374 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Wamuran statistical area, which contains Wamuran, went from 2,722 people in 2001 to 4,522 in 2025, up 66%.
Is Wamuran an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wamuran scores 994 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wamuran?
Median household income in Wamuran was $2,105 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $345 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bracalba | 4.2 km | 16% | 92% |
| Moodlu | 5.1 km | 46% | 89% |
| Wamuran Basin | 5.3 km | 10% | 99% |
| Bellmere | 6.3 km | 58% | 62% |
| Waraba | 7.0 km | 12% | 96% |
| Corymbia | 7.6 km | 14% | 100% |
| Campbells Pocket | 8.3 km | 9% | 99% |
| Wagtail Grove | 8.4 km | 38% | 74% |
| D'Aguilar | 8.5 km | 26% | 74% |
| Lilywood | 8.9 km | 57% | 20% |