2,417 rural lots across 17 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.
Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page.
How the 2,417 rural lots across Redland City are classified for agricultural potential.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology station records.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from satellite imagery.
Statutory water-plan coverage across rural lots in Redland City.
Statutory water-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: Queensland water plan areas and the state groundwater (bores) database.
Share of rural lots in Redland City intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Satellite-mapped burnt-area history across rural lots — includes planned burns as well as bushfires.
Source: Queensland Government satellite fire-scar mapping.
From the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Redland City.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Sheldon 4157 | 648 |
| Redland Bay 4165 | 561 |
| Thornlands 4164 | 479 |
| Mount Cotton 4165 | 385 |
| Capalaba 4157 | 148 |
| Victoria Point 4165 | 84 |
| Russell Island 4184 | 37 |
| Wellington Point 4160 | 23 |
| Birkdale 4159 | 19 |
| Karragarra Island 4184 | 9 |
| North Stradbroke Island 4183 | 6 |
| Alexandra Hills 4161 | 5 |
| Lamb Island 4184 | 5 |
| Amity 4183 | 3 |
| Thorneside 4158 | 2 |
| Macleay Island 4184 | 2 |
| Ormiston 4160 | 1 |
Declared disaster events give a sense of how often this council area is affected by flood, fire, storm or drought.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 2,417 rural lots in Redland City, the dominant Agricultural Land Class is Class D (non-agricultural), and 2% of rural lots sit on mapped Strategic Cropping Land. The most common land use is Residential and farm infrastructure.
Rural lots in Redland City average 1,212 mm annual rainfall and about 1 days above 35°C a year, in the subtropical climate zone.
97% of rural lots in Redland City sit inside a statutory water plan area (Logan Basin), and 0% inside a groundwater management area.
Agricultural Land Class and Strategic Cropping Land come from the Queensland Agricultural Land Audit. Carbon stock is derived from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Biomass product, and vegetation cover from Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover. Land use is from the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program. Hazard, water-plan, fire-history and native-title layers come from the responsible Queensland Government agencies, and lot identity from the Queensland Digital Cadastral Database.
Rural lots are those in a planning-scheme rural zone, plus — in the parts of Queensland where no council scheme is digitised — lots mapped as agricultural or production-forestry land use.