Finnie flood map & planning overlays
A median age of 55 puts Finnie joint 7th-oldest in Toowoomba Regional.
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A planning-constraint profile of Finnie
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 6.11 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
6.11 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Finnie'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 Finnie properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 53 analysed Finnie properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 53 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Finnie.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Finnie
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Finnie at a glance
Schools in and near Finnie
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: 1.76 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 2.59 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 Finnie address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.
How Finnie is zoned
Selling in Finnie? 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 6.11 km², Finnie is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 15% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 79,666 m² across 51 parcels.
Who lives in Finnie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Finnie 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 1018, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Finnie's 69 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cambooya - Wyreema, the wider ABS statistical area containing Finnie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Finnie itself.
3,977 in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
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.
Finnie 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 Finnie 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 38% of Finnie. 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 Finnie. 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 Finnie lot.
Finnie planning - frequently asked
Is Finnie flood-prone?
About 14% of Finnie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 34% of the 53 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 18 rated high risk or historically affected. Published flood models are held over parts of Finnie; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Finnie bushfire-prone?
Around 15% of Finnie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Finnie under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 38% of Finnie, 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Finnie?
The dominant planning zone in Finnie is Rural, though the suburb also includes Emerging Community and Community Facilities.
Does Finnie have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Finnie.
Is Finnie hilly or flat?
Finnie is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 8% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 561 m to 648 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Finnie?
Across 51 surveyed parcels in Finnie, the median lot size is about 79,666 m². There are also 4 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Finnie?
At the 2021 Census Finnie had 69 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area, which contains Finnie, went from 3,977 people in 2001 to 8,905 in 2025, up 124%.
Is Finnie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Finnie scores 1018 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 Finnie?
Median household income in Finnie was $2,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $260 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rascal | 2.3 km | 5% | 70% |
| Drayton | 3.2 km | 22% | 40% |
| Vale View | 3.9 km | 10% | 22% |
| Darling Heights | 4.1 km | 4% | 12% |
| Top Camp | 4.4 km | 18% | 29% |
| Westbrook | 5.4 km | 30% | 18% |
| Wyreema | 5.5 km | 16% | 5% |
| Kearneys Spring | 5.7 km | 11% | 21% |
| Harristown | 6.4 km | 9% | 6% |
| Glenvale | 6.5 km | 25% | 31% |