Athol flood map & planning overlays
Athol's 22 ha lots are lightly mapped, flood at 15.4% and bushfire at 25.7%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Athol
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 26.51 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
26.51 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Athol's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Athol properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 85 analysed Athol properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 85 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Athol.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Athol
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Athol at a glance
Schools in and near Athol
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 2.41 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.41 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Athol address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Athol is zoned
Selling in Athol? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.
Across its 26.51 km², Athol is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 26% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 220,121 m² across 73 parcels.
Who lives in Athol
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Athol suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1010, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Athol's 139 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Pittsworth, the wider ABS statistical area containing Athol. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Athol itself.
4,934 in 2001 to 5,951 in 2025, up 21%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Athol data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 7 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Athol address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 65% of Athol. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Athol. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot to spin round in your browser (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Athol lot.
Athol planning - frequently asked
Is Athol flood-prone?
About 15% of Athol falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 85 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Athol; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Athol bushfire-prone?
Around 26% of Athol is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Athol under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 65% of Athol, and over about 96% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 16 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Athol?
The dominant planning zone in Athol is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Unzoned.
Does Athol have heritage-listed places?
Athol has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Athol hilly or flat?
Athol is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 482 m to 549 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Athol?
Across 73 surveyed parcels in Athol, the median lot size is about 220,121 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Athol?
At the 2021 Census Athol had 139 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Pittsworth statistical area, which contains Athol, went from 4,934 people in 2001 to 5,951 in 2025, up 21%.
Is Athol an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Athol scores 1010 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Athol?
Median household income in Athol was $1,343 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umbiram | 5.3 km | 23% | 24% |
| Biddeston | 6.9 km | 16% | 31% |
| Westbrook | 7.3 km | 30% | 18% |
| Wellcamp | 8.6 km | 27% | 22% |
| Southbrook | 8.7 km | 19% | 32% |
| Wyreema | 9.0 km | 16% | 5% |
| Linthorpe | 9.1 km | 16% | 48% |
| Gowrie Mountain | 11.7 km | 7% | 24% |
| Finnie | 12.1 km | 14% | 15% |
| Charlton | 13.0 km | 17% | 13% |