Cranley flood map & planning overlays
Cranley is Toowoomba Regional's oldest suburb, median age 60, on 600 m² lots.
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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 7 November 2026.
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. 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 Cranley properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 1,321 analysed Cranley properties; no individual property result is identified.
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.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cranley
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 3,000 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.
Cranley at a glance
Schools in and near Cranley
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: 0.31 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.
Which school zone is a Cranley address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
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 44% 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 796 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 |
| 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 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.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 84% of Cranley. 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 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 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 Cranley lot.
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 27%. 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. Published flood models are held over parts of Cranley; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Cranley bushfire-prone?
Around 44% of Cranley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Cranley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 84% of Cranley, 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 19 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 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 796 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% | 50% |
| Wilsonton Heights | 2.3 km | 4% | 0% |
| Mount Kynoch | 2.5 km | 4% | 83% |
| Rockville | 3.0 km | 3% | 2% |
| Cotswold Hills | 3.1 km | 11% | 24% |
| Blue Mountain Heights | 3.4 km | <1% | 60% |
| Wilsonton | 3.4 km | 10% | 7% |
| Harlaxton | 3.8 km | 11% | 23% |
| Gowrie Junction | 4.7 km | 22% | 23% |
| Newtown | 4.7 km | 8% | 0% |