Carina Heights flood & bushfire risk
Of Carina Heights’s 4,294 mapped properties, 4.7% are in a mapped flood area and 18.6% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Carina Heights’s flood exposure is below the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the QLD average of 17.2%.
Check a specific Carina Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Carina Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Carina Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Carina Heights
Carina Heights sits in the Carina police division, which recorded 2,741 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 2,741 total. Figures are for the whole Carina police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Carina Heights
Carina Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low–medium density residential — a mix of houses, townhouses and small unit blocks.
Zone: LMR2 - Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix)
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: LDR - Low density residential
Emerging community — earmarked for future urban development; not yet fully built out.
Zone: EC - Emerging community
School catchments in Carina Heights
Carina Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Carina Heights
At the 2021 Census, 26.4% of Carina Heights’s 7,103 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Carina Heights
Brisbane council approved 9,235 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Brisbane council area (not just Carina Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 15/771 Old Cleveland Road, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 3/147 Jones Road, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 35 Macalister Street, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 37 Maughan Street, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 73 Winstanley Street, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 77 Mcgahan Street, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 8/10-12 Ormuz Street, Carina Heights QLD 4152
- 8 Teefey Street, Carina Heights QLD 4152
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Brisbane
Compare Carina Heights with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.