Captains Mountain flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Captains Mountain
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 173.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
173.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Captains Mountain'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 Captains Mountain properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 84 analysed Captains Mountain properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 84 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Captains Mountain.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Captains Mountain
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 0 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Captains Mountain at a glance
Schools in and near Captains Mountain
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: 7.76 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 7.76 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 Captains Mountain address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Captains Mountain is zoned
Selling in Captains Mountain? 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 173.41 km², Captains Mountain is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 68% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 1,433,955 m² across 78 parcels.
Who lives in Captains Mountain
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Captains Mountain 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 994, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Captains Mountain's 74 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Millmerran, the wider ABS statistical area containing Captains Mountain. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Captains Mountain itself.
3,413 in 2001 to 3,351 in 2025, down 2%.
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.
Captains Mountain 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 Captains Mountain 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 2% of Captains Mountain. 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 Captains Mountain. 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 Captains Mountain lot.
Captains Mountain planning - frequently asked
Is Captains Mountain flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Captains Mountain and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 27%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 84 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Captains Mountain; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Captains Mountain bushfire-prone?
Around 68% of Captains Mountain is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Captains Mountain under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Captains Mountain, and over about 50% 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 5,000 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 Captains Mountain?
The dominant planning zone in Captains Mountain is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Unzoned.
Does Captains Mountain have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Captains Mountain.
Is Captains Mountain hilly or flat?
Captains Mountain is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 2%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 399 m to 542 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Captains Mountain?
Across 78 surveyed parcels in Captains Mountain, the median lot size is about 1,433,955 m². There are also 12 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Captains Mountain?
At the 2021 Census Captains Mountain had 74 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Millmerran statistical area, which contains Captains Mountain, went from 3,413 people in 2001 to 3,351 in 2025, down 2%.
Is Captains Mountain an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Captains Mountain scores 994 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 Captains Mountain?
Median household income in Captains Mountain was $1,312 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,253 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millmerran Downs | 8.0 km | Not mapped | 99% |
| Forest Ridge | 9.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cypress Gardens | 9.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Millmerran Woods | 11.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Clontarf | 12.2 km | 16% | 31% |
| Millwood | 13.2 km | 0% | 11% |
| Turallin | 14.1 km | 42% | 34% |
| The Pines | 14.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Millmerran | 15.2 km | 45% | 17% |
| Wattle Ridge | 15.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |