Felton South flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Felton South
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 68.08 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
68.08 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Felton South's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Felton South properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 146 Felton South properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 146 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Felton South.
Felton South at a glance
Schools in and near Felton South
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: 3.34 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 15.42 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 South is zoned
Selling in Felton South? 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 68.08 km², Felton South is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 56% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 4% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 389,828 m² across 108 parcels.
Who lives in Felton South
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Felton South 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 1020, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Felton South's 78 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clifton - Greenmount, the wider ABS statistical area containing Felton South. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Felton South 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 South 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 South 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 South. 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 South lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Felton South planning - frequently asked
Is Felton South flood-prone?
About 56% of Felton South falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 13% of the 146 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 9 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Felton South bushfire-prone?
Around 4% of Felton South is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Felton South?
The dominant planning zone in Felton South is Rural.
Does Felton South have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Felton South.
Is Felton South hilly or flat?
Felton South is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 1%. Ground level runs from roughly 402 m to 467 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Felton South?
Across 108 surveyed parcels in Felton South, the median lot size is about 389,828 m². There are also 31 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Felton South?
At the 2021 Census Felton South had 78 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Clifton - Greenmount statistical area, which contains Felton South, went from 3,760 people in 2001 to 5,433 in 2025, up 44%.
Is Felton South an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Felton South scores 1020 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Felton South?
Median household income in Felton South was $1,875 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,194 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Branch | 7.4 km | 72% | 2% |
| Back Plains | 7.5 km | 22% | 3% |
| Ellangowan | 8.2 km | 72% | 7% |
| Felton | 10.3 km | 22% | 16% |
| Ryeford | 12.5 km | 62% | 4% |
| Leyburn | 13.7 km | 45% | 17% |
| Mount Molar | 14.4 km | 20% | 8% |
| Sandy Camp | 15.4 km | 39% | 5% |
| Pittsworth | 15.6 km | 18% | 9% |
| Victoria Hill | 15.9 km | 77% | 5% |