Balgowan flood map & planning overlays
Balgowan's compact 1,821 m² lots carry flood mapping over 44.8% of the suburb.
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A planning-constraint profile of Balgowan
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 9.85 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
9.85 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Balgowan'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 Balgowan properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 11 analysed Balgowan properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 11 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Balgowan.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Balgowan
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.
Balgowan at a glance
Schools in and near Balgowan
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: 5.88 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 15.06 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 Balgowan address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Balgowan is zoned
Selling in Balgowan? 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 9.85 km², Balgowan is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 45% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,821 m² across 55 parcels.
Who lives in Balgowan
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Balgowan 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 942, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Balgowan. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Balgowan itself.
7,766 in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Balgowan 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 Balgowan 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 34% of Balgowan. 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 Balgowan. 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 Balgowan lot.
Balgowan planning - frequently asked
Is Balgowan flood-prone?
About 45% of Balgowan falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 11 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Balgowan; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Balgowan bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Balgowan is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Balgowan under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 34% of Balgowan, and over about 90% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Balgowan?
The dominant planning zone in Balgowan is Rural, though the suburb also includes Limited Development (Constrained Land) and Sport and Recreation.
Does Balgowan have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Balgowan.
Is Balgowan hilly or flat?
Balgowan is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 423 m to 461 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Balgowan?
Across 55 surveyed parcels in Balgowan, the median lot size is about 1,821 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Balgowan an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Balgowan scores 942 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muldu | 2.5 km | 14% | 26% |
| Rosalie Plains | 4.1 km | 36% | 21% |
| Highland Plains | 6.6 km | 15% | 38% |
| Acland | 7.2 km | 30% | 11% |
| Kulpi | 8.2 km | 26% | 8% |
| Brymaroo | 8.9 km | 53% | 10% |
| Mount Darry | 9.7 km | 18% | 32% |
| Greenwood | 10.3 km | 21% | 4% |
| Sabine | 11.1 km | 46% | 0% |
| Silverleigh | 11.9 km | 44% | 8% |