White Patch flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of White Patch
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 2.64 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
2.64 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to White Patch's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across White Patch properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 116 White Patch properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 116 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in White Patch.
White Patch flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 116 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across White Patch; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
31 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 31
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.
White Patch at a glance
Schools in and near White Patch
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 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 1.93 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.98 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 White Patch is zoned
Selling in White Patch? 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 2.64 km², White Patch is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 31% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 52% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Environmental management and conservation. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 2,024 m² across 119 parcels.
Recent development applications in White Patch
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
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
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 White Patch
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the White Patch 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 1003, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of White Patch's 150 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bribie Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing White Patch. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than White Patch itself.
14,609 in 2001 to 22,215 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
White Patch property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Bribie Island, the wider statistical area containing White Patch. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 397 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 188 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.
White Patch 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 White Patch 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 over parts of White Patch. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 White Patch lot.
See what's in the $9 report →White Patch planning - frequently asked
Is White Patch flood-prone?
About 31% of White Patch falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 14% of the 116 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 15 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is White Patch bushfire-prone?
Around 52% of White Patch is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
What is the zoning in White Patch?
The dominant planning zone in White Patch is Environmental management and conservation, though the suburb also includes General residential.
Does White Patch have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within White Patch.
Is White Patch hilly or flat?
White Patch is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 5 m to 6 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in White Patch?
Across 119 surveyed parcels in White Patch, the median lot size is about 2,024 m².
What is the population of White Patch?
At the 2021 Census White Patch had 150 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bribie Island statistical area, which contains White Patch, went from 14,609 people in 2001 to 22,215 in 2025, up 52%.
Is White Patch an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), White Patch scores 1003 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in White Patch?
Median household income in White Patch was $1,774 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $475 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,975 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banksia Beach | 2.0 km | 75% | 31% |
| Toorbul | 2.3 km | 77% | 52% |
| Bellara | 4.0 km | 66% | 17% |
| Sandstone Point | 5.1 km | 47% | 41% |
| Welsby | 5.3 km | 43% | 91% |
| Meldale | 5.6 km | 91% | 37% |
| Woorim | 6.0 km | 58% | 97% |
| Godwin Beach | 6.4 km | 94% | 67% |
| Bongaree | 6.6 km | 76% | 42% |
| Donnybrook | 6.9 km | 84% | 50% |