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Forest Hill flood map & planning overlays

10 heritage-listed places, 4th in Lockyer Valley Regional. Forest Hill remembers its past.

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A planning-constraint profile of Forest Hill (Lockyer Valley Regional, QLD) - 26.65 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Forest Hill'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

Aircraft noise and flight paths over Forest Hill

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

Under observed aircraft
70%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
18%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,000 ft
averaging 4,500 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
±28% · area average
typical observed square 0 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.

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.

Forest Hill at a glance

Parcels 536 Median lot 5,168 m² Mapped easements 27 Bus stops 2 Schools in suburb 1

Schools in and near Forest Hill

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

1

1 school providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: inside the suburb

Secondary: 1.86 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 Forest Hill address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Forest Hill is zoned

Rural 83%
Rural Residential 14%
Township 1%
Community Facilities 1%
Open Space 0%
Limited Development 0%

Selling in Forest Hill? 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 26.65 km², Forest Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 78% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 23% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 10 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 5,168 m² across 536 parcels.

Who lives in Forest Hill

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Forest Hill suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
935
usual residents, 2021
Median age
41
years
Median household income
$1,318
per week, Lockyer Valley Regional suburb typical $1,521
Median rent
$300
per week, Lockyer Valley Regional suburb typical $310
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.5
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 888, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Forest Hill's 935 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.6%
5-14 10.5%
15-19 6.0%
20-24 11.8%
25-34 10.0%
35-44 9.5%
45-54 13.0%
55-64 16.4%
65-74 12.1%
75-84 3.9%
85+ 2.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Lockyer Valley - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Forest Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Forest Hill itself.

13,192 in 2001 to 24,138 in 2025, up 83%.

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.

Forest Hill data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland 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 Forest Hill address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 18% of Forest Hill. 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 Forest Hill. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$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 Forest Hill lot.

Forest Hill planning - frequently asked

Is Forest Hill flood-prone?

About 78% of Forest Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 29%. Published flood models are held over parts of Forest Hill; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Forest Hill bushfire-prone?

Around 23% of Forest Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Lockyer Valley Regional average of 61%.

Is Forest Hill under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 18% of Forest Hill, and over about 70% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Forest Hill?

The dominant planning zone in Forest Hill is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Township.

Does Forest Hill have heritage-listed places?

Forest Hill has 10 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Forest Hill?

Across 536 surveyed parcels in Forest Hill, the median lot size is about 5,168 m². There are also 27 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Forest Hill have a train station?

There is no train station inside Forest Hill itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.

What is the population of Forest Hill?

At the 2021 Census Forest Hill had 935 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Lockyer Valley - East statistical area, which contains Forest Hill, went from 13,192 people in 2001 to 24,138 in 2025, up 83%.

Is Forest Hill an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Forest Hill scores 888 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Forest Hill?

Median household income in Forest Hill was $1,318 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,521 for the typical suburb in Lockyer Valley Regional. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
College View 3.3 km 100% 4%
Lawes 3.7 km 86% 16%
Crowley Vale 4.4 km 100% 2%
Glen Cairn 4.6 km 57% 54%
Laidley North 5.1 km 57% 36%
Laidley Heights 5.3 km 33% 40%
Plainland 5.3 km 23% 42%
Glenore Grove 7.2 km 84% 16%
Lake Clarendon 7.4 km 89% 20%
Laidley 8.1 km 44% 53%

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