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Windsor flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Windsor (Brisbane City, QLD) - 2.8 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.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Windsor's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Windsor properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,795 Windsor properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Windsor flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 4,795 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Windsor; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

26.7%

1,278 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • February 2022: 1,276
  • Historic Flood 1974: 865
  • January 2011: 758

Mapped overland flow

21.6%

1,038 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 357
  • Medium: 619
  • High: 29
  • 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.

Windsor at a glance

Parcels 4,453 Median lot 454 m² Mapped easements 293 Train Windsor station Bus stops 33 Schools in suburb 2

Schools in and near Windsor

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

2

1 school providing primary years and 1 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: inside the suburb

Secondary: inside the suburb

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 Windsor is zoned

Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) 20%
Character residential (Character) 17%
Sport and recreation (Metropolitan) 8%
Character residential (Infill housing) 8%
Low density residential 6%
Sport and recreation (District) 5%

Selling in Windsor? 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 2.8 km², Windsor is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 50% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 6% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 57 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix). The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 454 m² across 4,453 parcels.

Recent development applications in Windsor

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

64

Latest included submission: 18 September 2026.

Previous 12 months: 60 (7% higher in the latest period).

Common application types

  • Material change of use: 13
  • Building work: 39

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 Windsor

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Windsor suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
7,811
usual residents, 2021
Median age
32
years
Median household income
$2,213
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $2,122
Median rent
$400
per week, Brisbane City suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$2,300
per month
Household size
2.3
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1102, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Windsor's 7,811 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.8%
5-14 9.0%
15-19 4.8%
20-24 11.5%
25-34 26.1%
35-44 15.2%
45-54 12.6%
55-64 7.9%
65-74 4.8%
75-84 2.2%
85+ 1.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Windsor, the wider ABS statistical area containing Windsor. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Windsor itself.

5,943 in 2001 to 8,951 in 2025, up 51%.

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.

Windsor property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Windsor, the wider statistical area containing Windsor. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$1,530,000

Median sale price from 80 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$796,500

Median sale price from 131 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.

Windsor data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Market statisticsAvailable at SA2 levelQueensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO)
Development applicationsAvailable as suburb totalsBrisbane 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 Windsor 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 4,700 Windsor 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 Windsor lot.

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Windsor planning - frequently asked

Is Windsor flood-prone?

About 50% of Windsor falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 39% of the 4,795 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 968 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Windsor bushfire-prone?

Around 6% of Windsor is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.

What is the zoning in Windsor?

The dominant planning zone in Windsor is Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix), though the suburb also includes Character residential (Character) and Sport and recreation (Metropolitan).

Does Windsor have heritage-listed places?

Windsor has 57 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Windsor hilly or flat?

Windsor is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 11% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 44 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Windsor?

Across 4,453 surveyed parcels in Windsor, the median lot size is about 454 m². There are also 293 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Windsor have a train station?

Yes - Windsor has 1 train station: Windsor station. It is also served by 33 bus stops.

What is the population of Windsor?

At the 2021 Census Windsor had 7,811 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Windsor statistical area, which contains Windsor, went from 5,943 people in 2001 to 8,951 in 2025, up 51%.

Is Windsor an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Windsor scores 1102 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 Windsor?

Median household income in Windsor was $2,213 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Bowen Hills 1.2 km 60% 0%
Wilston 1.2 km 36% 9%
Albion 1.3 km 67% 0%
Lutwyche 1.6 km 22% 0%
Herston 1.7 km 37% 0%
Gordon Park 2.0 km 30% 0%
Wooloowin 2.0 km 18% 0%
Grange 2.1 km 22% 24%
Newstead 2.1 km 99% 0%
Newmarket 2.3 km 32% 4%

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