Cabarlah flood map & planning overlays
Cabarlah is 88.1% bushfire-mapped, with core koala habitat over 37.8%.
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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 7 November 2026.
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. 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 Cabarlah properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 661 analysed Cabarlah properties; no individual property result is identified.
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cabarlah
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 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.
Cabarlah at a glance
Schools in and near Cabarlah
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: 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.
Which school zone is a Cabarlah address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
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 88% 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 6,739 m² across 645 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 |
| 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 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 11% of Cabarlah. 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 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 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 Cabarlah lot.
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 27%. Across the suburb, 10% of the 661 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 52 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Cabarlah; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Cabarlah bushfire-prone?
Around 88% of Cabarlah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Cabarlah under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 11% of Cabarlah, and over about 93% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 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 645 surveyed parcels in Cabarlah, the median lot size is about 6,739 m². There are also 119 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% | 97% |
| Kleinton | 5.1 km | 11% | 68% |
| Murphys Creek Lockyer Valley Regional |
5.3 km | 10% | 96% |
| Geham | 5.6 km | 13% | 63% |
| Highfields | 5.9 km | 10% | 50% |
| Fifteen Mile Lockyer Valley Regional |
6.1 km | Not mapped | 91% |
| Mount Luke | 6.8 km | 2% | 97% |
| Ballard Lockyer Valley Regional |
6.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Woolmer | 7.7 km | 16% | 38% |
| Blue Mountain Heights | 7.9 km | <1% | 60% |