Woody Point flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Woody Point
(Moreton Bay City, QLD) - 1.69 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
1.69 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woody Point's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Woody Point properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,012 Woody Point properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,012 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Woody Point.
Woody Point flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 3,012 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Woody Point; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Mapped overland flow
211 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 211
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.
Woody Point at a glance
Schools in and near Woody Point
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: 0.90 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 Woody Point is zoned
Selling in Woody Point? 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 1.69 km², Woody Point is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 42% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 491 m² across 2,882 parcels.
Recent development applications in Woody Point
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: 19 August 2026.
Previous 12 months: 22 (23% 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 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Woody Point
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woody Point 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 946, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Woody Point's 4,548 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Margate - Woody Point, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woody Point. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woody Point itself.
10,608 in 2001 to 12,649 in 2025, up 19%.
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.
Woody Point property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Margate - Woody Point, the wider statistical area containing Woody Point. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 252 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 139 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.
Woody Point 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 Woody Point 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 690 Woody Point 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 Woody Point lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Woody Point planning - frequently asked
Is Woody Point flood-prone?
About 42% of Woody Point falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 39%. Across the suburb, 37% of the 3,012 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 407 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Woody Point bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Woody Point and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moreton Bay City average is 59%).
What is the zoning in Woody Point?
The dominant planning zone in Woody Point is General residential, though the suburb also includes Recreation and open space.
Does Woody Point have heritage-listed places?
Woody Point has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Woody Point hilly or flat?
Woody Point is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 4% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 2 m to 21 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Woody Point?
Across 2,882 surveyed parcels in Woody Point, the median lot size is about 491 m². There are also 90 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Woody Point have a train station?
There is no train station inside Woody Point itself. The suburb is served by 24 bus stops.
What is the population of Woody Point?
At the 2021 Census Woody Point had 4,548 usual residents, with a median age of 53 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Margate - Woody Point statistical area, which contains Woody Point, went from 10,608 people in 2001 to 12,649 in 2025, up 19%.
Is Woody Point an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woody Point scores 946 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Woody Point?
Median household income in Woody Point was $1,227 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,827 for the typical suburb in Moreton Bay City. Median rent was $325 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | 1.5 km | 21% | 0% |
| Clontarf | 2.5 km | 72% | 16% |
| Redcliffe | 3.3 km | 29% | 0% |
| Kippa-Ring | 4.1 km | 58% | 19% |
| Newport | 5.3 km | 100% | 8% |
| Scarborough | 5.9 km | 46% | 0% |
| Griffin | 5.9 km | 87% | 38% |
| Mango Hill | 6.0 km | 72% | 41% |
| Brighton Brisbane City |
6.2 km | 62% | 16% |
| Rothwell | 6.8 km | 80% | 30% |