Character residential dominant. 5,541 lots resolved to zone, overlays and development potential.
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Zoning
Bardon is dominated by CR — Character residential. Land use, building height, and permitted development are set per zone in the council planning scheme, made under the Queensland Planning Act 2016.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Modelled dwelling capacity if every lot built to its zone controls.
Location
Bardon 4065 covers 4.6 km² within Brisbane City.
Drill into any lot in Bardon
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a secondary dwelling, or sized for subdivision.
under the relevant council planning scheme
lots that may support subdivision
show at least one development signal
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Constraints & risks
29% of lots are in mapped flood zones — material for any development; also: 9.0% of lots: koala priority habitat; 12.0% of lots: state environmental significance.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Flood hazard overlay mapping
Bushfire hazard overlay mapping
Core koala habitat (State Planning Regulatory Provisions)
Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) overlay
Real estate agency · serves Bardon, QLD
62 Leslie St, Bardon QLD 4065
Market
Rent and market context from state rental bond and demographic data.
Sale-price history isn't yet loaded for Queensland suburbs — rent, demographics and planning data are shown where available.
Queensland Government Statistician's Office projection.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
17 businesses serving Bardon and nearby.
Real estate agency
62 Leslie St, Bardon QLD 4065
Electrician
52 Lizzie St, Bardon QLD 4065
Engineering consultant
61 Forrester Terrace, Bardon QLD 4065
Carpenter
90 Simpsons Rd, Bardon QLD 4065
Insurance broker
55 Kaye St, Bardon QLD 4065
Architect
51 Sixth Ave, Bardon QLD 4065
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Bardon is dominated by the CR (Character residential) zone, which covers 3,319 of 5,541 lots (66%). The full mix is: CR Character residential (66%), LDR Low density residential (17%), LMDR Low-medium density residential (10%), OS Open space (3%), CON Conservation (1%), NC Neighbourhood centre (1%), CF Community facilities (1%), EM Environmental management (1%), SR Sport and recreation (0%), EC Emerging community (0%), SP Special purpose (0%).
Yes — 2,381 lots in Bardon appear eligible for a secondary dwelling under the relevant council planning scheme, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
Median weekly rent for a house in Bardon is $1,015.
Across Bardon, 28.5% flood-affected, 4.7% bushfire-prone, 9.0% koala priority habitat, 12.0% state environmental significance. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
2,381 of 5,541 lots in Bardon show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a secondary dwelling, or capable of subdivision.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Brisbane City and nearby postcodes.
Electrician · serves Bardon, QLD
52 Lizzie St, Bardon QLD 4065
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$31.9014-section report · planning scheme controls cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative Queensland Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Official Queensland source — verify zoning, overlays, planning controls and the figures shown on this page.
Zoning, height, overlays and development potential computed from the Brisbane Citycouncil planning scheme and lot-level cadastre (5,541 lots). Hazard overlays, demographics and rent drawn from Queensland council planning schemes, Development.i / council DA registers, Queensland Globe, and ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-06-08.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →