Cambooya flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cambooya
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 118.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 12 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
118.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cambooya's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cambooya properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,218 Cambooya properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,218 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cambooya.
Cambooya at a glance
Schools in and near Cambooya
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: 6.67 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 Cambooya is zoned
Selling in Cambooya? 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 118.63 km², Cambooya is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 34% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 14 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,316 m² across 1,136 parcels.
Who lives in Cambooya
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cambooya 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.
Age profile
Share of Cambooya's 2,260 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cambooya - Wyreema, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cambooya. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cambooya itself.
3,977 in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
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.
Cambooya 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 12 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 Cambooya 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.
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 Cambooya lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cambooya planning - frequently asked
Is Cambooya flood-prone?
About 34% of Cambooya falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 36% of the 1,218 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 243 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Cambooya bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Cambooya is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Cambooya?
The dominant planning zone in Cambooya is Rural, though the suburb also includes Township and Community Facilities.
Does Cambooya have heritage-listed places?
Cambooya has 14 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Cambooya hilly or flat?
Cambooya is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%. Ground level runs from roughly 456 m to 523 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cambooya?
Across 1,136 surveyed parcels in Cambooya, the median lot size is about 1,316 m². There are also 57 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cambooya?
At the 2021 Census Cambooya had 2,260 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area, which contains Cambooya, went from 3,977 people in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Cambooya an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cambooya 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).
What is the median household income in Cambooya?
Median household income in Cambooya was $1,574 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,381 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmount | 6.1 km | 17% | 11% |
| Wyreema | 8.1 km | 16% | <1% |
| Vale View | 9.6 km | 10% | 17% |
| Umbiram | 10.5 km | 23% | 5% |
| Felton | 11.2 km | 22% | 16% |
| East Greenmount | 11.8 km | 12% | 12% |
| Hodgson Vale | 11.9 km | 18% | 14% |
| Finnie | 12.3 km | 14% | 10% |
| Mount Rascal | 12.5 km | 5% | 45% |
| Nobby | 12.5 km | 25% | 10% |