Woodford flood map & planning overlays
Woodford holds 9 heritage places, joint 6th in Moreton Bay City. A town that kept its past.
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A planning-constraint profile of Woodford
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 90.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
90.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woodford'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 Woodford properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,483 analysed Woodford properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,483 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Woodford.
Woodford flood history and overland flow
Suburb-wide totals across 1,483 analysed properties; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
348 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 348
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 Woodford
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Woodford at a glance
Schools in and near Woodford
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
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 Woodford is zoned
Selling in Woodford? 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 90.17 km², Woodford is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 38% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 84% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 3,001 m² across 1,413 parcels.
Recent development applications in Woodford
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: 12 October 2026.
Previous 12 months: 15 (133% 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 Woodford
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woodford 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 923, and decile 3 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woodford's 4,022 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woodford. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woodford itself.
5,598 in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.
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.
Woodford property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Woodford - D'Aguilar, the wider statistical area containing Woodford. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 192 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.
Woodford 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 Woodford 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 78% of Woodford. 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 350 Woodford 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 Woodford lot.
Woodford planning - frequently asked
Is Woodford flood-prone?
About 38% of Woodford falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 53% of the 1,483 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 701 rated high risk or historically affected. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 350 Woodford addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Woodford bushfire-prone?
Around 84% of Woodford is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moreton Bay City average of 59%.
Is Woodford under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 78% of Woodford, and over about 98% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 9 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 Woodford?
The dominant planning zone in Woodford is Rural, though the suburb also includes Limited development and Environmental management and conservation.
Does Woodford have heritage-listed places?
Woodford has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Woodford hilly or flat?
Woodford is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 113 m to 198 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Woodford?
Across 1,413 surveyed parcels in Woodford, the median lot size is about 3,001 m². There are also 284 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Woodford have a train station?
There is no train station inside Woodford itself. The suburb is served by 13 bus stops.
What is the population of Woodford?
At the 2021 Census Woodford had 4,022 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Woodford - D'Aguilar statistical area, which contains Woodford, went from 5,598 people in 2001 to 10,806 in 2025, up 93%.
Is Woodford an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woodford scores 923 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Woodford?
Median household income in Woodford was $1,393 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $328 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| D'Aguilar | 5.2 km | 26% | 74% |
| Stanmore | 7.1 km | 43% | 76% |
| Bracalba | 8.1 km | 16% | 92% |
| Delaneys Creek | 8.3 km | 18% | 83% |
| Commissioners Flat | 8.5 km | 38% | 83% |
| Cedarton | 8.7 km | 47% | 50% |
| Stony Creek | 8.7 km | 35% | 66% |
| Neurum | 9.6 km | 38% | 63% |
| Mount Delaney | 12.0 km | 18% | 81% |
| Wamuran | 12.1 km | 27% | 78% |