Cranley flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Cranley
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 10.33 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.
Constraint readout
10.33 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cranley's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Cranley properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,321 Cranley properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,321 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Cranley.
Cranley at a glance
Schools in and near Cranley
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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.31 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.74 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 Cranley is zoned
Selling in Cranley? 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 10.33 km², Cranley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 32% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Community Facilities. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 600 m² across 792 parcels.
Who lives in Cranley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cranley 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 947, and decile 4 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cranley's 2,281 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wilsonton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cranley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cranley itself.
12,691 in 2001 to 14,669 in 2025, up 16%.
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.
Cranley 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 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 Cranley 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 Cranley. 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 Cranley lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Cranley planning - frequently asked
Is Cranley flood-prone?
About 10% of Cranley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 1% of the 1,321 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 14 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Cranley bushfire-prone?
Around 32% of Cranley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Cranley?
The dominant planning zone in Cranley is Community Facilities, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Rural.
Does Cranley have heritage-listed places?
Cranley has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
Is Cranley hilly or flat?
Cranley is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%, and 11% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 539 m to 680 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Cranley?
Across 792 surveyed parcels in Cranley, the median lot size is about 600 m². There are also 84 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cranley have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cranley itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Cranley?
At the 2021 Census Cranley had 2,281 usual residents, with a median age of 60 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Wilsonton statistical area, which contains Cranley, went from 12,691 people in 2001 to 14,669 in 2025, up 16%.
Is Cranley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cranley scores 947 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 Cranley?
Median household income in Cranley was $1,112 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $330 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birnam | 2.1 km | 24% | 33% |
| Wilsonton Heights | 2.3 km | 4% | <1% |
| Mount Kynoch | 2.5 km | 4% | 57% |
| Rockville | 3.0 km | 3% | 0% |
| Cotswold Hills | 3.1 km | 11% | 11% |
| Blue Mountain Heights | 3.4 km | <1% | 60% |
| Wilsonton | 3.4 km | 10% | 4% |
| Harlaxton | 3.8 km | 11% | 9% |
| Gowrie Junction | 4.7 km | 22% | 12% |
| Newtown | 4.7 km | 8% | <1% |