Eight Mile Plains flood & bushfire risk
Of Eight Mile Plains’s 8,063 mapped properties, 3.1% are in a mapped flood area and 8.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Eight Mile Plains’s flood exposure is below the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.
Check a specific Eight Mile Plains address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Eight Mile Plains
Flood and bushfire areas across Eight Mile Plains. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Eight Mile Plains
Eight Mile Plains sits in the Upper Mount Gravatt police division, which recorded 9,324 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 9,324 total. Figures are for the whole Upper Mount Gravatt police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Eight Mile Plains
Eight Mile Plains is mostly residential. The most common zones:
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
Low–medium density residential — a mix of houses, townhouses and small unit blocks.
Zone: LMR2 - Low-medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix)
School catchments in Eight Mile Plains
Eight Mile Plains can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Eight Mile Plains
At the 2021 Census, 52.4% of Eight Mile Plains’s 15,326 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 Eight Mile Plains
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 Eight Mile Plains). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 23/228 Gaskell Street, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 2 Nowingi Close, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 32/30 Lindeman Place, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 3/61 Brandl Street, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 6 Stuart Place, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 7 Seward Court, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 8 Poinciana Place, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
- 9 Stanton Court, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Brisbane
Compare Eight Mile Plains 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.