Cotswold Hills flood map & planning overlays
Cotswold Hills sees 54 flights a day, joint 7th in Toowoomba Regional.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cotswold Hills
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 5.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
5.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cotswold Hills'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 Cotswold Hills properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,088 analysed Cotswold Hills properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,088 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cotswold Hills.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cotswold Hills
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 3 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Cotswold Hills at a glance
Schools in and near Cotswold Hills
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: 0.59 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 1.89 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 Cotswold Hills is zoned
Selling in Cotswold Hills? 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 5.84 km², Cotswold Hills is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 24% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 791 m² across 1,140 parcels.
Who lives in Cotswold Hills
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cotswold Hills 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 1032, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cotswold Hills's 1,620 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Toowoomba - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cotswold Hills. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cotswold Hills itself.
7,648 in 2001 to 17,905 in 2025, up 134%.
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.
Cotswold Hills 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 Cotswold Hills 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 100% of Cotswold Hills. 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 Cotswold Hills. 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 Cotswold Hills lot.
Cotswold Hills planning - frequently asked
Is Cotswold Hills flood-prone?
About 11% of Cotswold Hills falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 3% of the 1,088 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 27 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Cotswold Hills; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Cotswold Hills bushfire-prone?
Around 24% of Cotswold Hills is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Cotswold Hills under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Cotswold Hills, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 56 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 Cotswold Hills?
The dominant planning zone in Cotswold Hills is Rural Residential, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Emerging Community.
Does Cotswold Hills have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Cotswold Hills.
Is Cotswold Hills hilly or flat?
Cotswold Hills is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 526 m to 618 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cotswold Hills?
Across 1,140 surveyed parcels in Cotswold Hills, the median lot size is about 791 m². There are also 115 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cotswold Hills?
At the 2021 Census Cotswold Hills had 1,620 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Toowoomba - West statistical area, which contains Cotswold Hills, went from 7,648 people in 2001 to 17,905 in 2025, up 134%.
Is Cotswold Hills an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cotswold Hills scores 1032 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cotswold Hills?
Median household income in Cotswold Hills was $2,196 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,785 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torrington | 2.3 km | 12% | 39% |
| Wilsonton | 3.0 km | 10% | 7% |
| Cranley | 3.1 km | 10% | 44% |
| Wilsonton Heights | 3.3 km | 4% | 0% |
| Gowrie Junction | 3.5 km | 22% | 23% |
| Birnam | 4.4 km | 24% | 50% |
| Rockville | 4.5 km | 3% | 2% |
| Newtown | 4.9 km | 8% | 0% |
| Charlton | 4.9 km | 17% | 13% |
| Glenvale | 5.0 km | 25% | 31% |