Woolshed flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Woolshed
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 11.52 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
11.52 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Woolshed's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Woolshed properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 13 Woolshed properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 13 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Woolshed.
Woolshed at a glance
Schools in and near Woolshed
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: 3.81 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.84 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 Woolshed is zoned
Selling in Woolshed? 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 11.52 km², Woolshed is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 641,035 m² across 15 parcels.
Who lives in Woolshed
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Woolshed 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 1005, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rosewood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Woolshed. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Woolshed itself.
10,905 in 2001 to 16,825 in 2025, up 54%.
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.
Woolshed property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Rosewood, the wider statistical area containing Woolshed. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 315 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 13 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.
Woolshed 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) |
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 Woolshed 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.
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 Woolshed lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Woolshed planning - frequently asked
Is Woolshed flood-prone?
About 6% of Woolshed falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 54% of the 13 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 7 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Woolshed bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Woolshed is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Ipswich City average of 51%.
What is the zoning in Woolshed?
The dominant planning zone in Woolshed is Rural, though the suburb also includes Conservation.
Does Woolshed have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Woolshed.
Is Woolshed hilly or flat?
Woolshed is hilly: the median ground slope is about 15%, and 46% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 114 m to 324 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Woolshed?
Across 15 surveyed parcels in Woolshed, the median lot size is about 641,035 m².
Is Woolshed an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Woolshed scores 1005 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bluff | 3.0 km | 0% | 96% |
| Tallegalla | 4.6 km | 7% | 63% |
| Hatton Vale Lockyer Valley Regional |
4.8 km | 0% | 29% |
| Ashwell | 5.3 km | 5% | 37% |
| Summerholm Lockyer Valley Regional |
5.7 km | 0% | 75% |
| Minden Somerset Regional |
6.7 km | 0% | 48% |
| Prenzlau Somerset Regional |
7.9 km | Not mapped | 22% |
| Calvert | 7.9 km | 29% | 64% |
| Kensington Grove Lockyer Valley Regional |
8.0 km | Not mapped | 50% |
| Lanefield | 8.2 km | 43% | 27% |