Centenary Heights flood map & planning overlays
Centenary Heights: 6,152 residents, 5 schools, 39 bus stops.
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A planning-constraint profile of Centenary Heights
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 3.12 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
3.12 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Centenary Heights'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 Centenary Heights properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 3,028 analysed Centenary Heights properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,028 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Centenary Heights.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Centenary Heights
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 2,500 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.
Centenary Heights at a glance
Schools in and near Centenary Heights
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
3 schools providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.
Which school zone is a Centenary Heights address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Centenary Heights is zoned
Selling in Centenary Heights? 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 3.12 km², Centenary Heights is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 652 m² across 3,147 parcels.
Who lives in Centenary Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Centenary Heights 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 963, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Centenary Heights's 6,152 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Toowoomba - Central, the wider ABS statistical area containing Centenary Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Centenary Heights itself.
14,288 in 2001 to 14,434 in 2025, up 1%.
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.
Centenary Heights 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 Centenary Heights 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 70% of Centenary Heights. 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 Centenary Heights. 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).
Moving here? The Liveability section adds walking times from the address to schools, parks, shops and transport, and the school zones it sits in (+$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 Centenary Heights lot.
Centenary Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Centenary Heights flood-prone?
About 9% of Centenary Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 3,028 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 12 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Centenary Heights; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Centenary Heights bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Centenary Heights and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 36%).
Is Centenary Heights under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 70% of Centenary Heights, and over about 100% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 3,500 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 Centenary Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Centenary Heights is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Low-Medium Density Residential and Community Facilities.
Does Centenary Heights have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Centenary Heights.
Is Centenary Heights hilly or flat?
Centenary Heights is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%. Ground level runs from roughly 622 m to 682 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Centenary Heights?
Across 3,147 surveyed parcels in Centenary Heights, the median lot size is about 652 m². There are also 59 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Centenary Heights have a train station?
There is no train station inside Centenary Heights itself. The suburb is served by 39 bus stops.
What is the population of Centenary Heights?
At the 2021 Census Centenary Heights had 6,152 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Toowoomba - Central statistical area, which contains Centenary Heights, went from 14,288 people in 2001 to 14,434 in 2025, up 1%.
Is Centenary Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Centenary Heights scores 963 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Centenary Heights?
Median household income in Centenary Heights was $1,432 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,408 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Toowoomba | 1.5 km | 13% | 0% |
| Middle Ridge | 2.5 km | 2% | 55% |
| Rangeville | 2.5 km | 6% | 51% |
| Kearneys Spring | 2.7 km | 11% | 21% |
| East Toowoomba | 2.7 km | 10% | 11% |
| Toowoomba City | 3.2 km | 25% | 0% |
| Redwood | 3.4 km | <1% | 96% |
| Harristown | 3.7 km | 9% | 6% |
| Darling Heights | 4.2 km | 4% | 12% |
| North Toowoomba | 4.5 km | 17% | 0% |