Gowrie Junction flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Gowrie Junction
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 26.1 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
26.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gowrie Junction's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Gowrie Junction properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 1,056 Gowrie Junction properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 1,056 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Gowrie Junction.
Gowrie Junction at a glance
Schools in and near Gowrie Junction
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
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: 2.33 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 Gowrie Junction is zoned
Selling in Gowrie Junction? 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 26.1 km², Gowrie Junction is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 12% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 4,049 m² across 987 parcels.
Who lives in Gowrie Junction
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gowrie Junction 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 1014, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gowrie Junction's 2,242 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gowrie (Qld), the wider ABS statistical area containing Gowrie Junction. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gowrie Junction itself.
3,970 in 2001 to 8,154 in 2025, up 105%.
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.
Gowrie Junction 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 Gowrie Junction 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 Gowrie Junction. 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 Gowrie Junction lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Gowrie Junction planning - frequently asked
Is Gowrie Junction flood-prone?
About 22% of Gowrie Junction falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 24%. Across the suburb, 15% of the 1,056 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 122 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Gowrie Junction bushfire-prone?
Around 12% of Gowrie Junction is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 20%.
What is the zoning in Gowrie Junction?
The dominant planning zone in Gowrie Junction is Rural, though the suburb also includes Rural Residential and Community Facilities.
Does Gowrie Junction have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Gowrie Junction.
Is Gowrie Junction hilly or flat?
Gowrie Junction is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 8%, and 14% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 465 m to 633 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Gowrie Junction?
Across 987 surveyed parcels in Gowrie Junction, the median lot size is about 4,049 m². There are also 102 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Gowrie Junction?
At the 2021 Census Gowrie Junction had 2,242 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Gowrie (Qld) statistical area, which contains Gowrie Junction, went from 3,970 people in 2001 to 8,154 in 2025, up 105%.
Is Gowrie Junction an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gowrie Junction scores 1014 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 Gowrie Junction?
Median household income in Gowrie Junction was $2,164 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 $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotswold Hills | 3.5 km | 11% | 11% |
| Glencoe | 4.0 km | 7% | 19% |
| Cawdor | 4.0 km | 14% | 24% |
| Birnam | 4.2 km | 24% | 33% |
| Charlton | 4.4 km | 17% | 7% |
| Cranley | 4.7 km | 10% | 32% |
| Torrington | 5.4 km | 12% | 15% |
| Woolmer | 6.1 km | 16% | 14% |
| Wilsonton Heights | 6.2 km | 4% | <1% |
| Wilsonton | 6.4 km | 10% | 4% |