Gowrie Little Plain flood map & planning overlays
Gowrie Little Plain: a youngish median age of 39 on 20 ha lots with light overlays.
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A planning-constraint profile of Gowrie Little Plain
(Toowoomba Regional, QLD) - 11.69 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 5 November 2026.
Constraint readout
11.69 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gowrie Little Plain'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 Gowrie Little Plain properties?
Counts of properties, not share of land, across 44 analysed Gowrie Little Plain properties; no individual property result is identified.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 44 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Gowrie Little Plain.
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Gowrie Little Plain
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 31 Oct 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.
Gowrie Little Plain at a glance
Schools in and near Gowrie Little Plain
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: 3.09 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 5.82 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 Little Plain is zoned
Selling in Gowrie Little Plain? 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 11.69 km², Gowrie Little Plain is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 37% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 202,562 m² across 45 parcels.
Who lives in Gowrie Little Plain
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gowrie Little Plain 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 1007, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gowrie Little Plain's 79 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Jondaryan, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gowrie Little Plain. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gowrie Little Plain itself.
7,104 in 2001 to 7,826 in 2025, up 10%.
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 Little Plain 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 5 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 Gowrie Little Plain 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 4% of Gowrie Little Plain. 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 Gowrie Little Plain. 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 Gowrie Little Plain lot.
Gowrie Little Plain planning - frequently asked
Is Gowrie Little Plain flood-prone?
About 15% of Gowrie Little Plain falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 27%. Across the suburb, 0% of the 44 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk. Published flood models are held over parts of Gowrie Little Plain; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Gowrie Little Plain bushfire-prone?
Around 37% of Gowrie Little Plain is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Toowoomba Regional average of 36%.
Is Gowrie Little Plain under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Gowrie Little Plain, and over about 72% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 31 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Gowrie Little Plain?
The dominant planning zone in Gowrie Little Plain is Rural.
Does Gowrie Little Plain have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Gowrie Little Plain.
Is Gowrie Little Plain hilly or flat?
Gowrie Little Plain is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 5%, and 16% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 435 m to 571 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Gowrie Little Plain?
Across 45 surveyed parcels in Gowrie Little Plain, the median lot size is about 202,562 m².
What is the population of Gowrie Little Plain?
At the 2021 Census Gowrie Little Plain had 79 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Jondaryan statistical area, which contains Gowrie Little Plain, went from 7,104 people in 2001 to 7,826 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Gowrie Little Plain an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gowrie Little Plain scores 1007 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 Little Plain?
Median household income in Gowrie Little Plain was $2,249 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,583 for the typical suburb in Toowoomba Regional. Median rent was $235 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,606 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilyvale | 2.8 km | 21% | 25% |
| Yalangur | 3.6 km | 45% | 15% |
| Cutella | 3.8 km | 16% | 11% |
| Glencoe | 3.9 km | 7% | 43% |
| Meringandan West | 4.5 km | 11% | 39% |
| Kings Siding | 6.0 km | 16% | 8% |
| Boodua | 6.1 km | 43% | 22% |
| Cawdor | 6.4 km | 14% | 48% |
| Muniganeen | 6.8 km | 32% | 44% |
| Woolmer | 7.8 km | 16% | 38% |