Biddeston flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Biddeston
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 73.85 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
73.85 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Biddeston's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Biddeston properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 208 Biddeston properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 208 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Biddeston.
Biddeston at a glance
Schools in and near Biddeston
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 6.39 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Biddeston is zoned
Selling in Biddeston? 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 73.85 km², Biddeston is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 4% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 43,053 m² across 203 parcels.
Who lives in Biddeston
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Biddeston 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 999, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Biddeston's 269 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Jondaryan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Biddeston. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Biddeston itself.
7,104 in 2001 to 7,826 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
Biddeston 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 |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 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 Biddeston 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.
Published flood models are held over parts of Biddeston. 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 (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Biddeston lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Biddeston planning - frequently asked
Is Biddeston flood-prone?
About 16% of Biddeston falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 208 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Biddeston bushfire-prone?
Around 4% of Biddeston is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Biddeston?
The dominant planning zone in Biddeston is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Unzoned.
Does Biddeston have heritage-listed places?
Biddeston has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
Is Biddeston hilly or flat?
Biddeston is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%. Ground level runs from roughly 421 m to 560 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Biddeston?
Across 203 surveyed parcels in Biddeston, the median lot size is about 43,053 m². There are also 17 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Biddeston?
At the 2021 Census Biddeston had 269 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Jondaryan statistical area, which contains Biddeston, went from 7,104 people in 2001 to 7,826 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Biddeston an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Biddeston scores 999 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Biddeston?
Median household income in Biddeston was $1,833 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,322 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athol | 6.9 km | 15% | 2% |
| Wellcamp | 8.6 km | 27% | 9% |
| Aubigny | 8.7 km | 27% | 8% |
| Linthorpe | 8.8 km | 16% | 20% |
| Kingsthorpe | 9.2 km | 34% | 2% |
| Gowrie Mountain | 9.5 km | 7% | 22% |
| Westbrook | 11.8 km | 30% | 4% |
| Charlton | 11.8 km | 17% | 7% |
| Umbiram | 11.9 km | 23% | 5% |
| Motley | 12.1 km | 44% | <1% |