Boodua flood map & planning overlays

Boodua is young, median age 29, and earns $2,624 a week per household.

A planning-constraint profile of Boodua (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 24.41 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Boodua'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 Boodua properties?

Counts of properties, not share of land, across 59 analysed Boodua properties; no individual property result is identified.

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Boodua

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

Under observed aircraft
85%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
29%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,500 ft
averaging 4,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
1 a day below 3,000 ft · ±16% · area average
typical observed square 0 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 7,500 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.

Boodua at a glance

Parcels 58 Median lot 399,648 m² Mapped easements 1 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 1%

Schools in and near Boodua

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

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 6.07 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 9.30 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 Boodua address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Boodua is zoned

Rural 100%
Community Facilities 0%
Unzoned 0%

Selling in Boodua? 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 24.41 km², Boodua is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 43% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 22% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 399,648 m² across 58 parcels.

Who lives in Boodua

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Boodua suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
95
usual residents, 2021
Median age
29
years
Median household income
$2,624
per week, Toowoomba Regional suburb typical $1,583
Median rent
$277
per week, Toowoomba Regional suburb typical $270
Median mortgage
$1,196
per month
Household size
3.3
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 977, and decile 6 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Boodua's 95 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 11.8%
5-14 10.8%
15-19 14.0%
20-24 6.5%
25-34 10.8%
35-44 12.9%
45-54 26.9%
55-64 3.2%
65-74 3.2%
75-84 0.0%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Boodua. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Boodua 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.

Boodua data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Boodua 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.

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 29% of Boodua. 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 Boodua. 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 Boodua lot.

Boodua planning - frequently asked

Is Boodua flood-prone?

About 43% of Boodua falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 59 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Boodua; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Boodua bushfire-prone?

Around 22% of Boodua is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.

Is Boodua under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 29% of Boodua, and over about 85% 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 Boodua?

The dominant planning zone in Boodua is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Unzoned.

Does Boodua have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Boodua.

Is Boodua hilly or flat?

Boodua is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 417 m to 491 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Boodua?

Across 58 surveyed parcels in Boodua, the median lot size is about 399,648 m². There are also 1 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Boodua?

At the 2021 Census Boodua had 95 usual residents, with a median age of 29 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Boodua, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.

Is Boodua an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Boodua scores 977 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Boodua?

Median household income in Boodua was $2,624 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $277 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,196 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Muniganeen 4.6 km 32% 44%
Yalangur 5.4 km 45% 15%
Gowrie Little Plain 6.1 km 15% 37%
Meringandan West 7.2 km 11% 39%
Silverleigh 7.2 km 44% 8%
Kelvinhaugh 7.3 km 73% 10%
Lilyvale 7.4 km 21% 25%
Goombungee 8.5 km 15% 31%
Cutella 8.8 km 16% 11%
Kings Siding 9.3 km 16% 8%

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