Sippy Downs flood risk

Of Sippy Downs’s 5,852 mapped properties, 6.9% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Sippy Downs’s flood exposure is below the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

6.9%
Of properties in a flood area
0%
Of properties in a bushfire area
5,852
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Sippy Downs

Flood and bushfire areas across Sippy Downs. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Sippy Downs

Sippy Downs sits in the Sippy Downs police division, which recorded 1,015 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,015 total. Figures are for the whole Sippy Downs police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Sippy Downs

JuniorChancellor State College · Palmview State Secondary College
SeniorChancellor State College · Palmview State Secondary College

Sippy Downs can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Sippy Downs

At the 2021 Census, 24.7% of Sippy Downs’s 11,544 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English41.6%
Australian35.3%
Scottish11.1%
Irish10.4%
German5.6%
Australian Aboriginal2.7%

Top countries of birth

England5.8%
New Zealand4.4%
South Africa1.7%
India1.3%
Nepal0.9%
China0.7%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Sippy Downs

Sunshine Coast council approved 3,243 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

3,243
Dwellings/yr
1,830
Houses
1,413
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Sunshine Coast council area (not just Sippy Downs). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.