Googa Creek flood map & planning overlays
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.
Everything below is suburb-wide. Overlays change block to block - see which ones actually touch your lot. The map is free.
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. It shows where constraints fall; the interactive map shows them on your exact address.
Googa Creek flood risk at the property level
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched, from our lot-by-lot analysis of 63 Googa Creek properties.
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.
Googa Creek at a glance
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. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is hilly, and the median lot measures about 412,911 m² across 84 parcels. These figures are suburb-wide - the overlays that actually apply to a given lot can differ block to block, which is what a property-level check tells you.
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: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of Population and Housing 2021 (General Community Profile) and SEIFA 2021, both published at the Suburbs and Localities level; Regional Population (estimated resident population) at Statistical Area Level 2. Used under CC BY 4.0. Census counts of small populations are randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality, so figures for small suburbs are indicative.
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 →Googa Creek planning - frequently asked
Where can I see a flood map of Googa Creek?
The schematic on this page is a Googa Creek flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 2% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Googa Creek address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.
Is Googa Creek flood-prone?
About 2% of Googa Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against a Toowoomba Regional average of 13%. Looking lot by lot, 0% of the 63 properties we analysed in Googa Creek carry some level of mapped flood risk. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.
Is Googa Creek bushfire-prone?
Yes - around 56% of Googa Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.
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. Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.
Does Googa Creek have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Googa Creek. Even so, it is worth confirming for an individual property before any works.
Is Googa Creek hilly or flat?
Googa Creek is hilly: the median lot slope is about 11%, and 30% of properties sit on slopes of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 311 m to 555 m AHD across the suburb. Slope drives site costs - cut and fill, retaining walls and driveway grades - so it is worth knowing before you commit to a sloping block.
What is the typical lot size in Googa Creek?
Across 84 surveyed parcels in Googa Creek, the median lot size is about 412,911 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%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Googa Creek alone.
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 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.
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. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.
Do I need a planning report for a Googa Creek property?
A Googa Creek planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage and environmental - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; a full PDF report is $9.