Felton flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Felton
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 172.89 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
172.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Felton's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Felton properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 369 Felton properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 369 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Felton.
Felton at a glance
Schools in and near Felton
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: 3.42 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 6.04 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 Felton is zoned
Selling in Felton? 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 172.89 km², Felton is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 404,232 m² across 274 parcels.
Who lives in Felton
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Felton 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 Felton's 267 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clifton - Greenmount, the wider ABS statistical area containing Felton. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Felton itself.
3,760 in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%.
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.
Felton 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 Felton 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 Felton. 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 Felton lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Felton planning - frequently asked
Is Felton flood-prone?
About 22% of Felton falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 369 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk.
Is Felton bushfire-prone?
Around 16% of Felton is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Felton?
The dominant planning zone in Felton is Rural, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Unzoned.
Does Felton have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Felton.
Is Felton hilly or flat?
Felton is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 2% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 412 m to 554 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Felton?
Across 274 surveyed parcels in Felton, the median lot size is about 404,232 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Felton?
At the 2021 Census Felton had 267 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Clifton - Greenmount statistical area, which contains Felton, went from 3,760 people in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%.
Is Felton an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Felton 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 Felton?
Median household income in Felton was $1,792 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $150 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,921 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broxburn | 10.3 km | 10% | 18% |
| Felton South | 10.3 km | 56% | 4% |
| Back Plains | 10.5 km | 22% | 3% |
| Cambooya | 11.2 km | 34% | 10% |
| Pittsworth | 12.1 km | 18% | 9% |
| Greenmount | 12.8 km | 17% | 11% |
| North Branch | 12.9 km | 72% | 2% |
| Southbrook | 13.8 km | 19% | 11% |
| Nobby | 13.9 km | 25% | 10% |
| Mount Molar | 14.9 km | 20% | 8% |