Willawong flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Willawong
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 8.37 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
8.37 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Willawong's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Willawong properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 489 Willawong properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 489 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Willawong.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Willawong
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed aircraft traffic is a separate question from the contour.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
3% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 25 and 30 is generally unacceptable for new houses; 20 to 25 is conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Brisbane City Plan Airport Environs ANEF
Willawong flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 489 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Willawong; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
167 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 159
- February 2022: 94
- January 2011: 82
Mapped overland flow
207 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 61
- Medium: 87
- High: 48
- Affected: 11
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.
Willawong at a glance
Schools in and near Willawong
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: 0.34 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.63 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 Willawong is zoned
Selling in Willawong? 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 8.37 km², Willawong is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 76% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 35% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Special purpose (Utility services). The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 736 m² across 464 parcels.
Recent development applications in Willawong
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: 7 September 2026.
Previous 12 months: 50 (28% lower in the latest period).
Common application types
- Material change of use: 13
- Operational work: 16
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 18 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Willawong
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Willawong 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 Willawong's 145 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Pallara - Willawong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Willawong. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Willawong itself.
1,023 in 2001 to 16,586 in 2025, up 1521%.
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.
Willawong property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Pallara - Willawong, the wider statistical area containing Willawong. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 225 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 36 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.
Willawong 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 12 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 Willawong 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 490 Willawong 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 Willawong lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Willawong planning - frequently asked
Is Willawong flood-prone?
About 76% of Willawong falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 56% of the 489 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 118 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Willawong bushfire-prone?
Around 35% of Willawong is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
Is Willawong affected by aircraft noise?
About 3% of Willawong sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 25 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
What is the zoning in Willawong?
The dominant planning zone in Willawong is Special purpose (Utility services), though the suburb also includes General industry B and Rural.
Does Willawong have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Willawong.
Is Willawong hilly or flat?
Willawong is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 5% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 6 m to 43 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Willawong?
Across 464 surveyed parcels in Willawong, the median lot size is about 736 m². There are also 174 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Willawong have a train station?
There is no train station inside Willawong itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Willawong?
At the 2021 Census Willawong had 145 usual residents, with a median age of 49 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Pallara - Willawong statistical area, which contains Willawong, went from 1,023 people in 2001 to 16,586 in 2025, up 1521%.
Is Willawong an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Willawong 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 Willawong?
Median household income in Willawong was $2,031 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $328 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,734 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durack | 1.6 km | 44% | 26% |
| Acacia Ridge | 2.1 km | 40% | 3% |
| Archerfield | 2.8 km | 85% | 1% |
| Doolandella | 2.9 km | 30% | 66% |
| Pallara | 3.0 km | 61% | 58% |
| Inala | 3.4 km | 15% | 5% |
| Algester | 3.8 km | 17% | 21% |
| Coopers Plains | 4.3 km | 58% | 8% |
| Oxley | 4.4 km | 59% | 25% |
| Rocklea | 4.5 km | 100% | 8% |