Cabarlah flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cabarlah
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 19.89 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
19.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cabarlah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cabarlah properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 661 Cabarlah properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 661 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cabarlah.
Cabarlah at a glance
Schools in and near Cabarlah
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 1.21 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.98 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 Cabarlah is zoned
Selling in Cabarlah? 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 19.89 km², Cabarlah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 68% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 6,700 m² across 642 parcels.
Who lives in Cabarlah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cabarlah 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 1064, and decile 10 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cabarlah's 1,307 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Highfields, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cabarlah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cabarlah itself.
6,433 in 2001 to 16,630 in 2025, up 159%.
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.
Cabarlah 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 Cabarlah 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 Cabarlah. 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 Cabarlah lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cabarlah planning - frequently asked
Is Cabarlah flood-prone?
About 8% of Cabarlah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 11% of the 661 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 52 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Cabarlah bushfire-prone?
Around 68% of Cabarlah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Cabarlah?
The dominant planning zone in Cabarlah is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Specialised Centre.
Does Cabarlah have heritage-listed places?
Cabarlah has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Cabarlah hilly or flat?
Cabarlah is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 17% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 560 m to 642 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cabarlah?
Across 642 surveyed parcels in Cabarlah, the median lot size is about 6,700 m². There are also 117 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cabarlah have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cabarlah itself. The suburb is served by 9 bus stops.
What is the population of Cabarlah?
At the 2021 Census Cabarlah had 1,307 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Highfields statistical area, which contains Cabarlah, went from 6,433 people in 2001 to 16,630 in 2025, up 159%.
Is Cabarlah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cabarlah scores 1064 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cabarlah?
Median household income in Cabarlah was $2,273 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Bluff | 3.8 km | 1% | 84% |
| Kleinton | 5.1 km | 11% | 50% |
| Murphys Creek Lockyer Valley Regional |
5.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Geham | 5.6 km | 13% | 46% |
| Highfields | 5.9 km | 10% | 32% |
| Fifteen Mile Lockyer Valley Regional |
6.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mount Luke | 6.8 km | 2% | 85% |
| Ballard Lockyer Valley Regional |
6.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Woolmer | 7.7 km | 16% | 14% |
| Blue Mountain Heights | 7.9 km | <1% | 60% |