East Cooyar flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of East Cooyar
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 37.4 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
37.4 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to East Cooyar's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across East 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 33 East Cooyar properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 33 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in East Cooyar.
East Cooyar at a glance
Schools in and near East 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
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 2.39 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 20.28 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 East Cooyar is zoned
Selling in East 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 37.4 km², East Cooyar is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 40% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 653,673 m² across 47 parcels.
Who lives in East Cooyar
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the East Cooyar 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 996, and decile 7 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing East Cooyar. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than East 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.
East Cooyar 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 East 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 East 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 East Cooyar lot.
See what's in the $9 report →East Cooyar planning - frequently asked
Is East Cooyar flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers East Cooyar and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 33 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is East Cooyar bushfire-prone?
Around 40% of East Cooyar is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in East Cooyar?
The dominant planning zone in East Cooyar is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space.
Does East Cooyar have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within East Cooyar.
Is East Cooyar hilly or flat?
East Cooyar is hilly: the median ground slope is about 10%, and 12% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 461 m to 588 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in East Cooyar?
Across 47 surveyed parcels in East Cooyar, the median lot size is about 653,673 m².
Is East Cooyar an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), East Cooyar scores 996 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Aubyn | 5.9 km | 0% | 44% |
| Thornville | 6.2 km | 0% | 47% |
| Mount Binga | 6.7 km | 0% | 67% |
| Wutul | 7.5 km | 0% | 33% |
| Cooyar | 8.3 km | 4% | 55% |
| Coalbank | 10.6 km | 0% | 53% |
| Nutgrove | 11.1 km | 1% | 39% |
| Emu Creek | 12.3 km | 0% | 53% |
| Kooralgin | 12.8 km | 0% | 29% |
| Highgrove | 13.7 km | 8% | 35% |