Queensland has land set aside for at least 360,000 new homes. Fewer than a third are expected within five years.
The Queensland Government's land supply study maps 19,538 parcels set aside for future housing, with room for at least 361,718 homes. It expects 31% of them within five years. Nearly half are ten or more years away or have no timeframe at all. Ipswich and Logan hold a quarter of the urban land.
Queensland publishes a map of every parcel of land it counts as available for future housing: 19,538 parcels, each with a band for how many homes it could hold and an expected timeframe for when lots will be registered there. Added up, the land has room for at least 361,718 homes. The study expects 31% of them within five years.
| Expected timing | Parcels | Homes (at least) | Share of homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Within 2 years | 1,572 | 30,827 | 8.5% |
| 2 to 5 years | 2,336 | 81,401 | 22.5% |
| 5 to 10 years | 3,038 | 74,888 | 20.7% |
| 10 years or more | 3,590 | 82,315 | 22.8% |
| No timeframe set | 9,002 | 92,287 | 25.5% |
| All | 19,538 | 361,718 |
"At least" because the study gives each parcel a band, not a number: 1 to 5 homes, 6 to 20, up to "over 500". We counted the bottom of each band. At the top of each band the same land would hold about 960,000 homes, before the 181 parcels marked "over 500".
48% of the homes are on land expected in ten years or more or with no timeframe at all. "No timeframe" does not mean the land will never be built on; it means the study has not put a date on it.
A quarter of it is in Ipswich and Logan
The study separates urban land from rural residential (large lots). Urban land carries 339,457 of the homes. A quarter of those are in two councils:
| Council | Urban homes (at least) | Share of Queensland | Expected within 5 years | 10 years or more | No timeframe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | 45,592 | 13.4% | 24% | 43% | 21% |
| Logan | 40,761 | 12.0% | 26% | 37% | 20% |
| Moreton Bay | 38,064 | 11.2% | 27% | 16% | 30% |
| Brisbane | 29,927 | 8.8% | 44% | 20% | 14% |
| Gold Coast | 27,590 | 8.1% | 62% | 6% | 0% |
| Townsville | 17,754 | 5.2% | 21% | 18% | 38% |
| Toowoomba | 15,720 | 4.6% | 28% | 11% | 40% |
| Sunshine Coast | 10,418 | 3.1% | 55% | 12% | 13% |
The Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast expect most of their planned homes within five years. Ipswich and Logan, which hold the most, expect about a quarter of it that soon. Outside the south-east, Fraser Coast, Bundaberg and Gympie have no timeframe on about half or more of their urban land (47%, 51% and 74%).
Suburb by suburb
Ripley, in Ipswich, has land for at least 8,804 homes, and 60% of them are expected in ten years or more. Its neighbour South Ripley has land for at least 6,577, 58% of it ten years or more away. Coomera, on the Gold Coast, has at least 5,147, mostly expected in five to ten years. In Logan Reserve, 3,201 of at least 4,521 homes have no timeframe set.
A parcel that crosses a suburb boundary counts in both suburbs, so suburb figures do not add up to the council totals.
What this means if you are buying
Land on this map is the housing a suburb is expected to gain: more neighbours, and over time more traffic, schools and shops. The timing says how soon. A suburb with most of its land due in two to five years is expected to change sooner than one with most of it ten years away or with no date.
How we measured
- Parcels, timing and home bands are the Queensland Government's Residential land supply study (data.qld, CC BY 4.0), as published in October 2026. Timing is the study's expected period for lots to be registered.
- Homes are the bottom of each parcel's band; "over 500" counts as 500.
- Council is the study's own. Suburb figures count every parcel that touches the suburb's boundary.
- Urban and rural residential are the study's own classes; the Queensland totals include both, the council table urban only.
Queensland suburb pages on SuburbScan show the homes planned in the suburb by timing, and property pages the homes planned within 2 km, wherever the study has land.