Googa Creek flood map & planning overlays
Googa Creek's terrain averages a 10.8% slope.
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A planning-constraint profile of Googa Creek
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 73.18 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.
Constraint readout
73.18 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Googa Creek'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 Googa Creek properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 63 analysed Googa Creek properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 63 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Googa Creek.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Googa Creek
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 0 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.
Googa Creek at a glance
Schools in and near Googa Creek
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: 3.50 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 11.01 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 Googa Creek is zoned
Selling in Googa Creek? 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 73.18 km², Googa Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 72% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 415,707 m² across 83 parcels.
Who lives in Googa Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Googa Creek 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 954, and decile 5 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Crows Nest - Rosalie, the wider ABS statistical area containing Googa Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Googa Creek itself.
7,766 in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Googa Creek 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 Googa Creek 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 →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 Googa Creek. 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 Googa Creek lot.
Googa Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Googa Creek flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Googa Creek and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 27%). Across the suburb, 0% of the 63 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Googa Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Googa Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 72% of Googa Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Googa Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 34% of Googa Creek in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 ft. 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 Googa Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Googa Creek is Rural, though the suburb also includes Open Space and Unzoned.
Does Googa Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Googa Creek.
Is Googa Creek hilly or flat?
Googa Creek is hilly: the median ground slope is about 11%, and 30% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 311 m to 555 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Googa Creek?
Across 83 surveyed parcels in Googa Creek, the median lot size is about 415,707 m².
What is the population of Googa Creek?
At the 2021 Census Googa Creek had 54 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area, which contains Googa Creek, went from 7,766 people in 2001 to 9,824 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Googa Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Googa Creek scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Googa Creek?
Median household income in Googa Creek was $849 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $215 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek | 6.5 km | <1% | 75% |
| Gilla | 7.4 km | Not mapped | 53% |
| Kooralgin | 12.9 km | Not mapped | 45% |
| Mount Binga | 13.2 km | Not mapped | 73% |
| Anduramba | 13.5 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| Emu Creek | 14.1 km | Not mapped | 59% |
| Colinton Somerset Regional |
16.2 km | Not mapped | 65% |
| Yarraman | 16.7 km | 3% | 36% |
| Upper Yarraman | 18.3 km | <1% | 20% |
| East Cooyar | 19.8 km | Not mapped | 51% |