East Toowoomba flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of East Toowoomba
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 4.02 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
4.02 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to East Toowoomba's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across East Toowoomba properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 3,665 East Toowoomba properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 3,665 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in East Toowoomba.
East Toowoomba at a glance
Schools in and near East Toowoomba
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
7 schools providing primary years and 5 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: inside the suburb
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 Toowoomba is zoned
Selling in East Toowoomba? 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 4.02 km², East Toowoomba is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 76 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low-Medium Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 587 m² across 3,417 parcels.
Who lives in East Toowoomba
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the East Toowoomba 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 1023, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of East Toowoomba's 5,953 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Toowoomba - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing East Toowoomba. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than East Toowoomba itself.
10,619 in 2001 to 10,831 in 2025, up 2%.
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 Toowoomba 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 Toowoomba 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 Toowoomba. 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 Toowoomba lot.
See what's in the $9 report →East Toowoomba planning - frequently asked
Is East Toowoomba flood-prone?
About 10% of East Toowoomba falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 2% of the 3,665 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 27 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is East Toowoomba bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers East Toowoomba and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Toowoomba Regional average is 20%).
What is the zoning in East Toowoomba?
The dominant planning zone in East Toowoomba is Low-Medium Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential and Community Facilities.
Does East Toowoomba have heritage-listed places?
East Toowoomba has 76 heritage-listed places on record.
Is East Toowoomba hilly or flat?
East Toowoomba is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 599 m to 664 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in East Toowoomba?
Across 3,417 surveyed parcels in East Toowoomba, the median lot size is about 587 m². There are also 159 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does East Toowoomba have a train station?
There is no train station inside East Toowoomba itself. The suburb is served by 40 bus stops.
What is the population of East Toowoomba?
At the 2021 Census East Toowoomba had 5,953 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Toowoomba - East statistical area, which contains East Toowoomba, went from 10,619 people in 2001 to 10,831 in 2025, up 2%.
Is East Toowoomba an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), East Toowoomba scores 1023 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 East Toowoomba?
Median household income in East Toowoomba was $1,591 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba City | 1.7 km | 25% | 0% |
| North Toowoomba | 2.1 km | 17% | <1% |
| South Toowoomba | 2.2 km | 13% | 0% |
| Redwood | 2.2 km | <1% | 85% |
| Centenary Heights | 2.7 km | 9% | 0% |
| Prince Henry Heights | 2.8 km | 0% | 46% |
| Mount Lofty | 3.0 km | 0% | 61% |
| Rangeville | 3.2 km | 6% | 40% |
| Harlaxton | 3.7 km | 11% | 9% |
| Newtown | 3.7 km | 8% | <1% |