Building approvals, live development applications and major projects across the
Bribie - Beachmere statistical area — covering Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast.
SA3 31301Greater Brisbane40,141 residents2 statistical areas
The PipelineDevelopment Pipeline in Bribie - Beachmere
1 Proposed76applications on record, none of them currently openLatest January 2026See applications ↓
2 Approved101dwellings approved in 2024-25, or 0.29 per 100 existing dwellings a yearOfficial · ABS to June 2026See approvals ↓
3 Building8major projects committed or under construction, 5 of them already on siteForward · completions to 2026+See projects ↓
4 Delivered786new addresses verified since the 2021 Census, up 4.3% on the existing baseActual · to June 2026Where it landed ↓
In the 2024-25 financial year the ABS recorded 101 dwelling approvals across Bribie - Beachmere. AreaSearch tracks 8 major projects here that are committed or under construction, the largest being Moreton Bay Rail Link Stage 2 at an estimated $2.80bn. On the ground, 786 new addresses have been verified since the 2021 Census — growth of 4.3% on the existing address base.
These four figures are deliberately not added together. An application, an
approval and a project under construction are often the same building at three points in its life,
measured by three different bodies with three different lags. Read them as a sequence, not a total.
ApprovedBuilding Approvals in Bribie - Beachmere
What councils and certifiers have formally
permitted — the ABS series, published about four months in arrears.
Approvals are running at 0.29 per 100 existing dwellings a year, well below the Queensland rate of 0.77. Development here remains overwhelmingly detached: houses account for 82% of recent approvals. That is a clear shift toward density — the five-year average is 92% houses. Detached houses are 92% of recent approvals against 79% of the existing stock, so new building is more suburban than what is already here. The average approved dwelling is valued at $415,000 in construction cost.
For its size, Bribie - Beachmere is adding 0.29 dwellings a year per 100 existing homes — well below the Queensland rate of 0.77 and the national rate of 0.71. That is about 3.9 approvals a year for every 1,000 residents. Building intensity has fallen by about 78% across the published series.
Measured against people rather than housing stock, Bribie - Beachmere is approving 3.23 dwellings a year per 1,000 residents — below the Queensland rate of 6.67. The two rate views differ by household size, which here averages 2.3 people per home. Housing the projection to 2041 would need about 2.06 per 1,000 residents a year.
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing
homes, with Queensland and Australia for comparison. This is the
same activity as the totals view, divided by the size of the area — which is the only
fair way to compare a large SA3 with a small one.
Dwelling approvals a year per 1,000
residents, each year divided by that year’s estimated resident
population (ABS ERP at 30 June), not by today’s — which matters most in fast-growing
areas, where a fixed denominator can understate the early years by half. The most recent periods use the latest published ERP, as the population series runs a year behind approvals. Read it alongside the per-100-homes view: the two differ wherever household size does.
Dwelling units approved each financial year. The dashed line is the five-year average of 158.
How intensively is it building?
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing dwellings.
Bribie - Beachmere0.29
Queensland0.77
Australia0.71
What is here, and what is coming
Detached houses as a share of existing homes,
against the share of recent approvals.
Existing homes (2021 Census)79%
Approved, last 5 years92%
Approved, latest year82%
Detached housesApartments, townhouses & other
Approvals mix by year
Share of each year’s approvals.
2022
2023
2024
2025
2024-25
$54.7m
Residential work approved
2024-25
$17.6m
Commercial work approved
construction cost
$415,000
Average value per approved dwelling
last two years
352
Residents per approval
Supply & DemandIs Bribie - Beachmere Building Enough Homes?
The same approvals, measured against the population
they have to house.
Bribie - Beachmere approves about 3.9 new dwellings a year for every 1,000 residents. Since the 2021 Census it has added 3,060 residents but only 786 new addresses — about 3.9 extra people for every home built, against an average household of 2.3. On those numbers supply has not kept pace with growth. Housing the population projected for 2041 implies roughly 83 new dwellings a year from here, which puts the recent approval rate of 158 a year comfortably ahead of what the projection needs.
Growth against supply since the Census
People added for every new address verified,
against the size of an average local household.
People added per new home3.9
Average household size2.3
A bar longer than the household average means
the area gained more residents than its new housing could hold, and the extra had to be
absorbed by existing homes.
Approval rate against projected need
Dwellings a year: what is currently being
approved, against what the 2041 population projection implies.
Approved (5-yr average)158
Implied need to 204183
Implied need assumes the average household stays
at today’s 2.3 people. Approvals are not
completions, and not every approval is built.
What is being asked for right now — applications
collected from council planning portals, before any of it reaches the ABS series above.
AreaSearch tracks applications of material scale; routine minor works such as signage and
fencing changes are not carried, so these are not counts of every application lodged.
AreaSearch tracks 76 development applications of material scale lodged with councils across Bribie - Beachmere, the most recent in January 2026. The most common types in the queue are multi-residential, retail and commercial.
Number of applications by development type. This is the clearest
single picture of what kind of place Bribie - Beachmere is being asked to become. Councils in
Queensland do not publish an estimated cost of works in
their planning feeds, so applications here are counted rather than valued.
Where the applications stand
As reported by the council. Highlighted rows are
applications still in assessment.
Determined71
Current5
By local government area
Applications on record within each council area that
overlaps Bribie - Beachmere. This counts applications inside this
statistical area only — it is not a total for the council.
Moreton Bay76
Recent applications in Bribie - Beachmere
By the number of dwellings proposed, as lodged. Figures are the applicant’s own and are not verified by AreaSearch.
Development Permit for a Service Station, Carwash, Food and Drink Outlet, Tyre and Auto Centre, and Boundary Realignment.Beachmere - Sandstone Point · Current · lodged Jan 2026
Request to Change (Minor) - Material Change of Use -Development Permit for Showroom, Shop and Food and Drink OutletBeachmere - Sandstone Point · Determined · lodged Dec 2025
Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Multiple Dwelling and Short Term Accommodation (45 Dwellings), Food and Drink Outlet, Office and ShopBribie Island · Current · lodged Dec 2025
Request to Change (Minor) - Material Change of Use - Development Permit for WarehouseBribie Island · Current · lodged Oct 2025
Development permit for a resort complex, shopping centre, and various commercial services.Beachmere - Sandstone Point · Current · lodged Aug 2025
Request for Change (Minor) - Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Hotel, Shop, Entertainment & Recreation (Indoors) and Entertainment &…Beachmere - Sandstone Point · Determined · lodged Aug 2025
Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Dwelling House & Short-term Accommodation (11 Units)Beachmere - Sandstone Point · Current · lodged Jun 2025
Material Change of Use - Development Permit for WarehouseBribie Island · Determined · lodged Jun 2025
BuildingFORWARDMajor Projects & Infrastructure in Bribie - Beachmere
What is funded and moving — the projects large enough
to change how Bribie - Beachmere works, ranked by committed value and how close
they are to delivery.
AreaSearch tracks 8 current projects across Bribie - Beachmere. The largest is Moreton Bay Rail Link Stage 2 at an estimated $2.80bn, due by 2035. That breaks down as 5 under construction, 1 approved and awaiting a start and 2 still in planning. The pipeline is weighted toward residential development, environmental & disaster management and communities.
Under construction$800mby 2026
Pacific Harbour Bribie Island
Masterplanned waterfront residential community on Bribie Island delivering around 2,000 house and land lots across canal, golf and lakeside precincts, anchored by the Pacific Harbour Golf and Country Club. The…
New 5 storey retirement living community by Sundale comprising 84 independent living units with coastal views, shared lounges, landscaped gardens and onsite community facilities designed for seniors.
Premium waterfront and canal-front land release within the larger Pacific Harbour masterplanned community on Bribie Island, QLD. Offers large residential lots with direct water access and golf course frontage.
Moreton Bay Rail Link Stage 2In planning · Transport & Logistics · by 2035 · Bribie Island
$2.80bn
Pumicestone Blue Nature Reserve EnhancementApproved · Environmental & Disaster Management · Bribie Island
$45m
Bongaree Village Shopping Centre ExpansionIn planning · Precincts & Urban Renewal · Bribie Island
$45m
Pelican Waters EstateUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · Bribie Island
Burpengary East Wastewater Treatment Plant UpgradeUnder construction · Environmental & Disaster Management · Bribie Island
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Approvals PipelineDevelopment Applications in Bribie - Beachmere
Development applications around
Bribie - Beachmere
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Applications
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In the local catchment
Est. Value
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Where disclosed
Under Assessment
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Awaiting determination
Determined
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Approved or decided
Approvals pipelineStatus, location, timing and project scale
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Lodged
Address
Description
Type
Distance
Status
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
ProfessionalPRODevelopment Map for Bribie - Beachmere
Applications and major projects plotted where
they are actually proposed, with the
13 projects AreaSearch tracks here on their own tab — filterable by type, delivery stage,
area and committed value. To search every application on record rather
than this sample, use the section above.
DistributionWhere Development Is Happening in Bribie - Beachmere
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Bribie - Beachmere.
Bribie - Beachmere spans 2 local government areas — Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast. Applications here are assessed by whichever of those councils the site falls within. AreaSearch publishes development
figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries. That is deliberate: the ABS
issues a separate official building-approvals series for local government areas, and totals
built up from statistical areas would not match it. Reporting at SA3 keeps every figure on this page
reconcilable with the published ABS series.
Local government area
Share of Bribie - Beachmere
Applications on record
Register read to
Moreton Bay
100% of residents
76
January 2026
Sunshine Coast
0.0% of residents
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Not yet collected
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Data & MethodSources & Method for Bribie - Beachmere
The four tenses, and what each one can tell you
Proposed — development applications
Collected from council planning portals. The
earliest signal available, but the least certain: many applications are amended,
withdrawn or refused, values are the applicant’s own estimate, and coverage
varies by council. This is a curated set, not the full council feed:
AreaSearch carries applications of material scale and does not track routine minor
works such as signage, fencing or small alterations, so the counts here are lower
than a council’s own total lodgement figure and should not be compared with it. Applications still shown as under assessment more than
18 months after lodgement are reported separately
and kept out of the live-queue figures: the age profile of open applications is
sharply split between a genuine queue under a year old and a long tail of records
councils never closed. Not every state publishes a cost of works — Queensland,
the Northern Territory and the ACT publish none at all — so on those pages
applications are counted rather than valued and no dollar figure is shown
rather than a partial one. Treated here as a snapshot of the current queue only —
AreaSearch does not chart application counts over time, because the history
reflects when each portal was collected rather than when development happened.
Approved — ABS building approvals
The official series, aggregated to SA3 from
ABS building approvals data, currently published to June 2026.
Counts dwelling units approved, not buildings and not completions. The most recent
financial year is annualised from nine months of data wherever it appears and is
labelled as such.
Building — major projects
Projects tracked individually by AreaSearch
from Infrastructure Australia, state infrastructure agencies, developer disclosures
and council records. Values are estimates and delivery dates are targets. Ranked on
this page by committed value and delivery stage rather than by distance.
Delivered — verified new addresses
New residential addresses verified in the national
address register since the 2021 Census. This is the closest available measure of what has
actually been built, though address creation can lead occupation and lags
construction. It is not a completions count.
Boundaries
Bribie - Beachmere is Statistical Area Level 3 31301 in the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (2021 edition), made up of 2 Statistical Areas Level 2.
It has an estimated 40,141 residents, +8.3% since the 2021 Census.
Currency
Measure
Source
To
Dwelling approvals, five-year average
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
House share of approvals
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Residents per approval
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Value per approved dwelling
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Commercial work approved
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Verified new addresses since the Census
Address register / AreaSearch
May 2026
Development applications
Council planning portals
January 2026
Major projects
Infrastructure Australia / state agencies / AreaSearch
Ongoing
Figures on this page are read live from the
AreaSearch database each time it loads, so they update as soon as a source does.
Development in Bribie - Beachmere — common questions
How many new dwellings were approved in Bribie - Beachmere?
The ABS recorded 101 dwelling approvals across Bribie - Beachmere in the 2024-25 financial year, against a five-year average of 158 a year.
How many development applications are lodged in Bribie - Beachmere?
AreaSearch tracks 76 development applications of material scale across Bribie - Beachmere — routine minor works such as signage and fencing are not included, so this is not a count of every application lodged. Applications are assessed within the Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast local government areas. The most recent application in our data was lodged in January 2026.
What major projects are planned for Bribie - Beachmere?
AreaSearch tracks 8 current major projects in Bribie - Beachmere, 5 of them under construction. The largest include Pacific Harbour Bribie Island, Bribie Island Retirement Community and Sunderland Drive Residential Estate (Pacific Harbour).
Which council covers Bribie - Beachmere?
Bribie - Beachmere is an ABS Statistical Area Level 3. It is covered by parts of 2 local government areas — Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast. AreaSearch publishes development figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries, so they reconcile with the official ABS series.
Is Bribie - Beachmere growing faster than the rest of Queensland?
On development approvals, Bribie - Beachmere is adding new dwellings more slowly than Queensland as a whole — 0.29 approvals per 100 existing dwellings a year against the state figure of 0.77.
How current is this development data?
ABS building approvals are published with a lag of roughly four months; this page carries the series to June 2026. Development applications are collected from council planning portals and refresh continuously, with the most recent application here lodged in January 2026. Major project records are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Each section carries its own currency label so the four are never confused.
Development data is provided for general information.
Estimated values, dwelling counts and delivery dates come from the lodging or delivering party and
are not independently verified by AreaSearch. Confirm anything material with the relevant council
or agency before relying on it.
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