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Yarrabilba flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Yarrabilba (Logan City, QLD) - 21.23 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

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

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Yarrabilba properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 6,813 Yarrabilba properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Yarrabilba flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 6,813 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Yarrabilba; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

13.2%

897 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Historic Flood 2017: 892
  • Historic Flood 2022: 75
  • Historic Flood 1974: 6

Mapped overland flow

32.5%

2,217 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 2,217

Source: Logan 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.

Yarrabilba at a glance

Parcels 6,424 Median lot 400 m² Mapped easements 150 Bus stops 12 Schools in suburb 6 Landslide overlay 4%

Schools in and near Yarrabilba

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

6

3 schools providing primary years and 3 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 Yarrabilba is zoned

Priority Development 98%
Environmental Management and Conservation 2%
Rural Residential 0%
Rural 0%

Selling in Yarrabilba? 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 21.23 km², Yarrabilba is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 82% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Priority Development. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 400 m² across 6,424 parcels.

Who lives in Yarrabilba

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

Population
10,240
usual residents, 2021
Median age
25
years
Median household income
$1,585
per week, Logan City suburb typical $1,924
Median rent
$375
per week, Logan City suburb typical $395
Median mortgage
$1,700
per month
Household size
3.1
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 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 905, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Yarrabilba's 10,240 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 13.7%
5-14 22.0%
15-19 5.1%
20-24 7.7%
25-34 21.9%
35-44 14.2%
45-54 7.1%
55-64 4.5%
65-74 2.7%
75-84 1.0%
85+ 0.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

435 in 2001 to 15,803 in 2025, up 3533%.

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.

Yarrabilba property market snapshot

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

House sales

$830,000

Median sale price from 423 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$700,000

Median sale price from 45 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.

Yarrabilba 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)

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 Yarrabilba 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 over parts of Yarrabilba. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Yarrabilba lot.

See what's in the $9 report →

Yarrabilba planning - frequently asked

Is Yarrabilba flood-prone?

About 40% of Yarrabilba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Across the suburb, 7% of the 6,813 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 90 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Yarrabilba bushfire-prone?

Around 82% of Yarrabilba is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Logan City average of 54%.

What is the zoning in Yarrabilba?

The dominant planning zone in Yarrabilba is Priority Development, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Rural Residential.

Does Yarrabilba have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Yarrabilba.

Is Yarrabilba hilly or flat?

Yarrabilba is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%. Ground level runs from roughly 28 m to 59 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Yarrabilba?

Across 6,424 surveyed parcels in Yarrabilba, the median lot size is about 400 m². There are also 150 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Yarrabilba have a train station?

There is no train station inside Yarrabilba itself. The suburb is served by 12 bus stops.

What is the population of Yarrabilba?

At the 2021 Census Yarrabilba had 10,240 usual residents, with a median age of 25 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Yarrabilba statistical area, which contains Yarrabilba, went from 435 people in 2001 to 15,803 in 2025, up 3533%.

Is Yarrabilba an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Yarrabilba scores 905 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Yarrabilba?

Median household income in Yarrabilba was $1,585 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,924 for the typical suburb in Logan City. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,700 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Tamborine 3.8 km 37% 84%
Cedar Creek 3.8 km 29% 94%
Logan Village 3.9 km 50% 85%
Tamborine
Scenic Rim Regional
6.1 km 22% 74%
Wolffdene 6.4 km 29% 82%
Cedar Creek
Gold Coast City
7.6 km 7% 98%
Jimboomba 7.9 km 44% 83%
Stockleigh 8.0 km 73% 77%
Belivah 8.6 km 33% 53%
Luscombe
Gold Coast City
9.1 km 8% 92%

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