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Cooyar flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Cooyar (Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 94.63 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.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cooyar's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Cooyar properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 353 Cooyar properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Cooyar at a glance

Parcels 356 Median lot 23,541 m² Mapped easements 19 Schools in suburb 1 Landslide overlay 6%

Schools in and near Cooyar

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

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: 12.26 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 Cooyar is zoned

Rural 95%
Rural Residential 3%
Township 1%
Unzoned 0%
Open Space 0%
Community Facilities 0%

Selling in Cooyar? 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 94.63 km², Cooyar is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 55% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 23,541 m² across 356 parcels.

Who lives in Cooyar

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cooyar suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
231
usual residents, 2021
Median age
59
years
Median household income
$711
per week, Toowoomba Regional suburb typical $1,583
Median rent
$160
per week, Toowoomba Regional suburb typical $270
Median mortgage
$527
per month
Household size
2.1
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 800, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Cooyar's 231 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 3.1%
5-14 6.1%
15-19 6.1%
20-24 2.6%
25-34 7.0%
35-44 7.9%
45-54 12.2%
55-64 21.4%
65-74 21.4%
75-84 10.5%
85+ 1.7%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cooyar. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cooyar itself.

7,766 in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.

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.

Cooyar data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Cooyar 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 Cooyar. 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 Cooyar lot.

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Cooyar planning - frequently asked

Is Cooyar flood-prone?

About 4% of Cooyar falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 38% of the 353 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 86 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Cooyar bushfire-prone?

Around 55% of Cooyar is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.

What is the zoning in Cooyar?

The dominant planning zone in Cooyar is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Township.

Does Cooyar have heritage-listed places?

Cooyar has 5 heritage-listed places on record.

Is Cooyar hilly or flat?

Cooyar is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 9%, and 18% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 429 m to 605 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Cooyar?

Across 356 surveyed parcels in Cooyar, the median lot size is about 23,541 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Cooyar?

At the 2021 Census Cooyar had 231 usual residents, with a median age of 59 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Cooyar, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.

Is Cooyar an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cooyar scores 800 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Cooyar?

Median household income in Cooyar was $711 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $160 a week and the median mortgage repayment $527 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Wutul 8.0 km 0% 33%
East Cooyar 8.3 km 0% 40%
Upper Yarraman 9.2 km <1% 7%
Upper Cooyar Creek 10.3 km <1% 49%
Kooralgin 10.8 km 0% 29%
Nutgrove 11.6 km 1% 39%
Mount Binga 11.7 km 0% 67%
Thornville 11.9 km 0% 47%
St Aubyn 14.2 km 0% 44%
Rangemore 15.2 km 12% 56%

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