135suburbs mapped in QueenslandRead from the Queensland planning data, suburb by suburb.

Queensland

Home builders in Queensland

Queensland is the one state where a single body both licenses builders and runs the warranty scheme, which makes a claim simpler than it is anywhere else.

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Checked with the QBCC
Insurance sighted
Solvency re-checked

Regions

Also mapped

Suburbs whose region does not have enough published neighbours yet to be worth comparing.

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More Queensland regions are added as the planning data is mapped. We do not publish an area page we cannot back with real data.

Where we have read the planning data in Queensland

135 suburbs across 20 regions, each with its council, zone, overlays and hazard mapping read from Queensland's own planning data and dated.

A suburb is counted once its planning data has been read and its page published.

Before we recommend anyone: licence looked up on the QBCC's register, insurance sighted, solvency re-checked on a schedule, and the suburbs they service confirmed with them. How the check works

How planning works in Queensland

Queensland runs planning through a scheme made by each local government, under the state Planning Act. What that means practically is that the rules in Brisbane City are not the rules in Moreton Bay or Ipswich, even where the suburbs adjoin.

The state-level constants matter more here than elsewhere. Much of coastal Queensland sits in a higher cyclone wind region, which drives tie-downs, roof fixings and glazing. Flood mapping is extensive and consequential after 2011 and 2022. Both are design inputs long before they are compliance steps.

Licensing and warranty in Queensland

Building work in Queensland is regulated by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission, which is unusual in doing two jobs at once: it licenses builders and it administers the statutory home warranty scheme. One body, one file, one phone call — simpler than New South Wales, where licensing and insurance sit with different organisations.

Before you sign, check the licence on the QBCC register and confirm the class covers your work. The QBCC is the authority on thresholds and what the warranty scheme covers.

We run those checks before a builder is listed and publish the date. Repeat any of them yourself — we would rather you did.

Every suburb we have published in Queensland

135 suburbs, grouped by region. Each one carries the zoning, overlay and hazard mapping read from the planning data for Queensland at the date shown on the page.

Questions about building in Queensland

How many Queensland suburbs has Better Builds mapped?

135, across 20 regions: Inner Brisbane, Southern Gold Coast, Noosa & Maroochydore, Redlands, Townsville, Brisbane North, Moreton Bay, Caloundra, Logan, Northern Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast — Maroochy to Noosa, Toowoomba & Darling Downs and 8 more.

Which Queensland councils does Better Builds cover?

8, verified against each council's own site. The most suburbs mapped are under Brisbane City Council (40), City of Gold Coast (24), Sunshine Coast Council (23), City of Moreton Bay (14) and Toowoomba Regional Council (12).

What planning instrument applies in Queensland?

8 across the 8 councils mapped so far — Queensland runs planning through an instrument made by each council, so the rules in one can differ from the next even where the suburbs adjoin.

Which Queensland suburbs have bushfire-prone land mapped?

111 of the 129 we have mapped where the state publishes bushfire mapping: Acacia Ridge, Advancetown, Albany Creek, Alderley, Alexandra Headland, Alexandra Hills, Annerley, Anstead, Ashgrove, Ashmore and 101 more.

Building in Queensland?

Tell us the suburb and what you are building. We check the licence with the QBCC, sight the insurance, confirm they are still trading and that they genuinely work in your area — then come back with one recommendation and the reasoning. If we cannot find a builder worth recommending, we will say so rather than send you one we have not checked.

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